Humanistic Legacy of N.A. Rubakin in the Context of Digital Noosphere Phenomenon

Publication of the book by Y.N. Stolyarov “Returned Rubakin” is an extraordinary event in the domestic book culture. It is a bibliological epic, characterized by extensive social background and the variety of characters of the Russian Silver Age (the end of the 19th — the first third of the 20th century). At the same time, this book is a scientific biography of the classic of book business and a valuable contribution to the bibliological biography studies. The author concludes that prerequisites have ripened for the formation of bibliological biography studies that generalize the human studies of library scientists, bibliography scientists and book scholars. Ideological position of the epic “Returned Rubakin” is expressed by the thesis: book is the means of cultivating intelligentsia. Traditionally, intelligentsia was understood in Russia as a reasonable, educated, mentally developed part of population. The article considers the concept of intelligentsia put forward by N.A. Rubakin. This concept embodies the ethical ideal of humaneness — the intellectual scribe of the Silver Age. The author concludes with a futurological fantasy: N.A. Rubakin in the digital noosphere. The article discusses the following issues: artificial intelligence in the service of bibliopsychology; man is a captive of artificial intelligence; the hypothetical realm of inhumanity; biography studies of humaneness.

bibliological epic, bibliography, bibliology, bibliopsychology, library, library science, biography studies, biography, intelligentsia, artificial intelligence, book culture, book science, noosphere, N.A. Rubakin, Silver age, futurology, humanity, epic, ethics