Problems of Further Development of Cultural Studies as a Science

The paper is devoted to the possibilities of humanitarian and socio-scientific approach to the study of culture, which is of key importance for the further existence of cultural studies as a science and educational discipline. The most significant characteristics of these approaches and their heuristic potential are revealed. Humanitarian-oriented studies of culture are considered as the basis for socio-scientific knowledge of cultural phenomena and processes. The negative consequences of the opposition between humanitarian and socio-scientific research for the consistency of the knowledge about culture are shown. The strategy of synthesis of rational-scientific and artistic-figurative knowledge of cultural reality is proposed. The overall composition of scientific disciplines as a source for the humanitarian and socio-scientific study of culture and their desired relationship in the form of configurations that provide a holistic view of the cultural processes and phenomena, as well as objectivity of scientific results, are considered. The article may be of interest to a wide range of specialists studying the problems of culture.