Polyakova A. The essence and the prsncipal manifestations of aestheticism in the contemporary culture

The dissertation is devoted to the study of aestheticism as one of the most popular forms of attitude to the world in the contemporary culture. The forming of the aestheticism ideological base and its connection with the German classical philosophy were considered. Early German romanticism attitude to the world was considered as a first actualization of aestheticism as a life position. The concept of aestheticist was introduced to denote the bearer of aestheticism.The main aestheticist features was found.Typology of aestheticism was offered (philosophical, artistic, psychedelic, virtual types). Three aspects of the essence of aestheticism were singled out: the existential, the political, the moral one.