Kantor, Karl Moiseevich

Born into a family of emigrants from Russia, Moses Isaakovich Kantor , a professor of mineralogy at the University of La Plata and a Hispanic playwright, and Ida Isaakovna Bondareva , one of the founders of the Communist Party of Argentina (bore the name of his mother in childhood) ^[1] . With the appointment of M.I. Kantor, head of the Department of Mineralogy of the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy in July 1926 he returned with his parents to Moscow.

In 1941 - 1947 in the army, a participant in the Great Patriotic War.

In 1952 he graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov .

In 1953 - 1957 he taught philosophy at the Moscow Irrigation and Reclamation Institute .

In 1964 he defended his thesis for the degree of candidate of philosophical sciences on the topic "Theoretical problems of technical aesthetics" ( 1964 ) ^[2] .

One of the initiators of the creation ( 1957 ) and deputy chief editor of the magazine " Decorative Art of the USSR ", actually led the magazine.

In 1965 - 1967 he headed (concurrently) the laboratory of the theory of technical aesthetics of VNIITE . Since 1971 - at the Institute of the International Labor Movement of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (later renamed the Institute of Comparative Political Science, RAS ). After the abolition of the Institute of Comparative Political Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences as an independent scientific institution in 2005 , he was a leading researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences .

He was buried in Moscow at the Vostryakovsky cemetery ^[3] .

The eldest son of Karl Moiseevich, Vladimir (b. 1945 ) is a writer, literary critic and specialist in Russian philosophy, the youngest son Maxim (b. 1957 ) is a well-known artist and writer.

Sister - Lilya Guerrero , Argentine poetess, essayist, playwright, translator of modern Russian poetry (mainly V.V. Mayakovsky ) and prose into Spanish .

Books

• Beauty and benefit: Sociological problems of material and artistic culture . - M.: Art , 1967.
• Lyudmila and Dmitry Shushkanov: On the artistic image of life in easel and applied art . - M.: Soviet artist , 1982.
• Thousand-eyed Argus: Art and Culture. Art and religion. Art and humanism . - M .: Soviet artist, 1990. ISBN 5-269-00310-4
• History vs. Progress: The Experience of Cultural-Historical Genetics . - M .: Nauka , 1992. ISBN 5-020-08163-9
• The truth about design. Design in the context of the culture of the pre-perestroika thirty years (1955-1985) . - M .: ANIR, 1996. ISBN 5-86913-005-0
• The Double Helix of History: The Historiosophy of Projectism. T. 1: General problems . - M .: Languages ​​of Slavic culture, 2002. ISBN 5-94457-035-0
• The thirteenth apostle . - M .: Progress-Tradition, 2008. ISBN 5-89826-225-3

Edited

• Art and Industry / Ed. V.P. Tolstoy, K.M. Cantor. - M.: Art, 1967.
• Bourgeois literature on the theoretical heritage of K. Marx: Ref. Sat / Ans. ed. K. M. Cantor; Ed. Yu.A. Kimelev. - M.: INION, 1978. - (Problems of modern times. Foreign. Philosophy).
• Centaur in front of the Sphinx: German-Russian Dialogues / Ed. K.M. Cantor. - M .: April-85, 1995. ISBN 5-86493-005-9
• The Zinoviev phenomenon / Comp. A. A. Huseynov , O. M. Zinovieva, K. M. Kantor. - M .: Modern notebooks, 2002. ISBN 5-88289-200-7

Featured Articles

• Useful and beautiful in applied art // Decorative art of the USSR. 1958. No. 6.
• Aesthetic education and creativity // Art and communist education. M., 1960.S. 65-81.
• The revived Bauhaus // Decorative Art of the USSR. 1964. No. 7.
• Ways to study design // Technical Aesthetics. 1966. No. 1.
• The social nature of design // Decorative Art of the USSR. 1966. No. 10.
• Social Foundations of Industrial Art // Art and Industry / Ed. V.P. Tolstoy, K.M. Cantor. M., 1967. S. 10-20.
• To the problem of the social nature of design // Questions of technical aesthetics. 1970. Iss. 2, p. 18-80.
• Some methodological problems of studying the modern working class of developed capitalist countries // The struggle of classes and the modern world (Actual problems of the labor movement of the countries of developed capitalism) / Otv. ed. A.A. Iskenderov . M., 1970. S. 47-67.
• Disputes and artistic practice // Decorative Art of the USSR. 1970. No. 10. P. 1-5.
• About industrial design, design and the idea of ​​total design // Scientific and technological progress and art: Symposium, November 1970, Moscow, 1971. P. 124-128.
• Social functionalism and culture (about the book by J. Nelson, “Design Problems”) // Nelson J. Design Problems / Per. D. E. Kunina, D. V. Silvestrova. M., 1971. S. 6—32.
• The ratio of social organization and the individual in the conditions of the scientific and technological revolution (On the theoretical foundations of the concept of Roger Garaudy) // Problems of Philosophy . 1971. No. 10. P. 39-51.
• Scientific and technological revolution and the modern working class (On the theoretical views of Roger Garaudy) // Questions of Philosophy. 1971. No. 12. P. 30–42.
• Zur Kritik der theoretischen Konzeption Roger Garaudys // Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie. Bd. 20/7. 1972. S. 829-856.
• Scientific communism and modern utopian socialism (On the methodological significance of the works of F. Engels for criticizing modern forms of utopian socialism) // F. Engels and the world revolutionary movement. Part 2: Engels' legacy and the problems of the class struggle at the present stage. M., 1972. S. 102-115.
• About methods of studying the problem of cultural interaction // Decorative Art of the USSR. 1972. No. 9.
• The World Revolutionary Process and the International Labor Movement (Toward a Critique of Anti-Marxist Concepts) // Philosophy Issues. 1972. No. 12. P. 77-88; 1973. No. 1. S. 96–111.
• Fashion as a lifestyle // Fashion: pros and cons / Comp. V.I. Tolstykh. M., 1973. P. 141-203.
• Everyday art and the feast of labor // Decorative Art of the USSR. 1976. No. 6. P. 1-10.
• Ecology and progress (Toward a criticism of scientist-futurological denial of social progress) // Philosophy Issues. 1977. No. 8. P. 106-116.
• Design without illusions // Decorative Art of the USSR. 1981. No. 10. P. 15-18.
• The experience of socio-philosophical explanation of the design capabilities of design // Philosophy Issues. 1981. No. 11. P. 84-96.
• Philosophy and culture in the historical development of mankind // Questions of philosophy. 1983, No. 7. P. 86-99.
• The Golden Ratio of Expodesign // Decorative Art of the USSR. 1983. No. 12.
• What about design ?: [Probl. adjustment to portray. art] // Decorative Art of the USSR. 1987. No. 2.
• Revolution as a sociocultural phenomenon // Questions of philosophy. 1987. No. 11. P. 79-94.
• Apelles Legacy: On the Antique Roots of Renaissance Realism and the Renaissance Revival // Art. 1987. No. 12. P. 42–46.
• Sociocultural foundations of the renewal of the world // Marxism-Leninism and the realities of the end of the XX century. M., 1988.
• The Renaissance and we // Decorative Art of the USSR. 1988. No. 1. P. 29-31.
• Do what you want - do good // Philosophy and Sociology of Science and Technology. Yearbook 1988-1989. M., 1989. S. 150-204.
• It’s a shame to live without truth // Problems of Philosophy. 1989. No. 3. P. 14-21. (Andrei Platonov - writer and philosopher: Materials Discus.)
• Two projects of world history // Questions of philosophy. 1990. No. 2. P. 76—86.
• Two Designs of Universal History // Soviet Studies in Philosophy. Vol. 29/4. 1991. P. 35-58.
• The shining height of literature: On the satirical-dithyrambic, tragic-comic, epic-lyrical and artistic-scientific work "Gaping Heights" and its author Alexander Alexandrovich Zinoviev // October . 1991. No. 1. P. 30—35.
• Quick and unrighteous judgment // Marxism: pro and contra. M., 1992. S. 138-153.
• Russia and the West: the interaction of cultures // Questions of Philosophy. 1992. No. 6.
• The path to civilization - what is it? // Questions of philosophy. 1992. No. 11. P. 34-43.
• A Quick and Unjust Trial // Studies in East European Thought. Vol. 45. 1993. P. 75-88.
• Der steinerne Kranz der Qualen: Ein Denkmal für Babij Jar // Via Regia - Kulturstrasse Europas. Hft. 15.1994.
• Die Schönheit der verschrotteten Panzer: Eine Reise durch Norwegen zur Vision eines Kunstwerkes // Via Regia - Kulturstrasse Europas. Hft. 17.1994.
• Die Schatten des Sieges: 50 Jahre danach // Via Regia - Kulturstrasse Europas. Hft. 26/27. 1995.
• Centaur in front of the Sphinx // Centaur in front of the Sphinx: German-Russian dialogues. M., 1995.S. 38-59.
• The German ideology of Marx-Engels and Russian Marxism (to the problem of sociocultural relations between Russia and Germany) // Problems of Philosophy. 1995. No. 12. C. 88-108.
• On the global crisis of history in the sociocultural dimension // POLIS: Political Studies. 1996. No. 3. P. 135-145.
• The fourth round of history // Questions of philosophy. 1996. No. 8. P. 19–41.
• Disintegration and integration spiral of world history // Questions of Philosophy. 1997. No. 3. P. 31—47.
• A free personality as an ideal of culture. Some aspects of the problem in the light of the teachings of K. Marx // Free Thought. 1997. No. 10. C. 87-96.
• On the armored car tower and in the mausoleum // Questions of philosophy. 1998. No. 8. C. 86-103.
• Art as a Historical Yardstick in the Marxist View of History // Research on Marxist Aesthetics. Vol. 3. Guangxi, 2000. P. 83-117. (Text in Chinese)
• Design of the world, culture, history // Decorative Art. 2001. No. 1. C. 43–46.
• Poetry of Alexander Zinoviev // Phenomenon of Zinoviev. M., 2002.S. 371-381.
• Engels Forecast // Alternatives. 2002. No. 3. P. 2-25.
• Three spiritual potencies // Questions of philosophy. 2002. No. 12. P. 50-54.
• So it was. Unrealized utopia // Decorative art. 2003. No. 3-4.
• Globalization? - Yes! But which one? // Questions of philosophy. 2006. No. 1. P. 25—37.
• From Munich conversations with Alexander Zinoviev // Problems of Philosophy. 2007. No. 4. P. 84-93.
• The explosive role of the literary works of Alexander Zinoviev, or the shining height of literature // Zinoviev readings: Materials of the I International Scientific Conference. Moscow, May 15-16, 2007 M., 2007. P. 102-114.
• From my Munich conversations with Aleksandr Zinov'ev // Russian Studies in Philosophy. Vol. 46/3. Winter 2007-2008. P. 50-64.
• Conversations of Karl Kantor with Alexander Zinoviev about Mayakovsky // Zinoviev. No. 1 (2). 2008.S. 38-39.
• The logical sociology of Alexander Zinoviev as a social philosophy // Alexander Alexandrovich Zinoviev / Ed. A. A. Huseynova. M., 2009.S. 224-245.
• Foci of history // Questions of philosophy. 2009. No. 3. P. 32-52.
• Russia - beta-pattern ensemble // Questions of philosophy. 2012. No. 12. P. 73-85.

• The December issue of the journal “ Questions of Philosophy ” for 2012 contains a section dedicated to the memory of K. M. Cantor on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of his birth.
• Moscow encyclopedia. Volume 1: Faces of Moscow. Book 6: AZ. Additions. - M.: Moscow Textbooks OJSC, 2014

• K.M. Cantor. Design in the contradictions of culture and nature in different regions of the world
• K.M. Cantor. Design of Russian culture: On the reasons for the impracticability of domestic design
• Interview with the magazine "Decorative Art"
• K.M. Cantor. Engels Forecast // Alternatives. 2002. No 3
• K.M. Cantor. Globalization? - Yes! But which one? // Questions of philosophy. 2006. No. 1 (inaccessible link)
• K.M. Cantor. From Munich conversations with Alexander Zinoviev // Problems of Philosophy. 2007. No 4
• K.M. Cantor. Russia - beta-pattern ensemble // Questions of philosophy. 2012. No 12
• K.M. Cantor. The logical sociology of Alexander Zinoviev as a social philosophy
• A.A. Zinoviev. Conversations about Mayakovsky with Karl Kantor
• Curriculum Vitae on the site Biography. RU
• About K. M. Cantor in the memoirs of G. N. Chukhrai (inaccessible link)
• M. Cantor. Global Russian 1922 Edition
• G. Nikich. The Double Helix of Karl Cantor's History
• A. Lyusy. The Last Argus // Ex libris NG. Feb 14 2008
• V. Mezhuev. “For Cantor, Marxism remained the highest manifestation of the spirit ...”
• B. Kolymagin. Retz. by K. M. Cantor. The Thirteenth Apostle
• E. Yu. Soloviev. The tragedy of beauty in the book "Beauty and Benefit"