Axiological Analysis of Intergenerational Relations in a Globalized Society: Myth and Reality

This article examines the phenomenon of intergenerational relations in contemporary society. The model of intergenerational relations is the basic model of individuals’ social behavior, generations’ relationship and other social communities; it influences the social dynamics in general. The research explores the growing crisis of these relations and social metamorphoses caused by the nowadays society’s dynamic changes. These changes are associated primarily with the transformation of the contemporary person’s values and worldview with the advent and development of the new media. The analysis of the changes suggests the prefigurative nature of contemporary culture, as evidenced by recent studies of mimetic and ritual behavior of today’s children. The article discusses the phenomenon of Indigo children, as a particular confirmation of the crisis of intergenerational relations.