Book Heritage in the Space of Intellectual Culture: Paradoxes of the Historical Dynamics

Abstract

The article deals with the main trends in conceptualization of the subject and in methodology of the current research in the field of intellectual history. Special attention is given to the concept of intellectual culture and to the most effective analytical approaches to its historical changes. The author underlines the necessity to correct the model of historical dynamics of intellectual culture, taking into account the role of book heritage and the processes of intellectual exchanges.