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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Philosophy</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Philosophy</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Cерия: Философия</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-2302</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2408-8900</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">37140</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2302-2023-27-4-869-877</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">RATEEQ</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>PHILOSOPHY OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND NEUROSCIENCE</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ФИЛОСОФИЯ СОЗНАНИЯ И НЕЙРОНАУКИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">The Lack of Consciousness of the Presence of the Other in Contemporary Society in the Era of Mass Digitalization</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Неосознанность присутствия Другого в современном обществе в эпоху массовой цифровизации</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4281-513X</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Miliatzidou</surname><given-names>Alexandra  Anastasia</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Милиациду</surname><given-names>Александра  Анастасия</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD Candidate in Philosophy</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат философских наук</p></bio><email>miliatzidou@hotmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Sofia University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Софийский университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2023-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><volume>27</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">PHILOSOPHY OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND NEUROSCIENCE</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ФИЛОСОФИЯ СОЗНАНИЯ И НЕЙРОНАУКИ</issue-title><fpage>869</fpage><lpage>877</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2023-12-20"><day>20</day><month>12</month><year>2023</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2023, Miliatzidou A.A.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2023, Милиациду А.А.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Miliatzidou A.A.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Милиациду А.А.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/philosophy/article/view/37140">https://journals.rudn.ru/philosophy/article/view/37140</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">This study discusses how the substantial development of technology, especially of social media platforms, in the past decades has altered the conditions that determine human relationships radically. It provides an overview of how emerging technologies have affected interpersonal human relationships by creating a new environment in which communication takes place, which could be exclusively virtual in the future. Then, it touches on the Levinasian theory regarding the self and its constant consciousness of the Other and aims to explore how Levinas’s theory relates to modern society. It highlights the process of how each person strives to find the Other during his/her existence but is often unable to do that and how, in this process, contact with the Other is essential. It is explained that Levinas stresses the importance of meeting with the Other but indicates that we often fail to do so and end up meeting with the Third, an unoriginal form of the Other. Lastly, it is hypothesized that the inability to find the Other in the modern world can be linked to the development of digitalization because new media are often responsible for creating distance in human relationships and, therefore, cannot be the sole medium of creating relationships with others as face-to-face communication and meeting the other are essential components of developing a meaningful relationship with them.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Обсуждается, как существенное развитие технологий, особенно платформ социальных сетей, в последние десятилетия радикально изменило условия, которые очень сильно влияют на человеческие отношения. Представлен обзор того, как новые технологии повлияли на межличностные человеческие отношения, создав новую среду, в которой происходит общение и которая в будущем может стать исключительно виртуальной. Затем рассматривается теория Левинаса о личности и ее постоянное сознание Другого с точки зрения того, как теория Левинаса связана с современным обществом. В этой теории освещается процесс того, как каждый человек в течение своего существования стремится найти Другого, но часто не может этого сделать, и насколько важен в этом процессе контакт с Другим. Объясняется, что Левинас подчеркивает важность встречи с Другим, но указывает, что мы часто не делаем этого и в конечном итоге встречаемся с Третьим, неоригинальной формой Другого. Наконец, выдвигается гипотеза, что невозможность найти Другого в современном мире может быть связана с развитием цифровизации, поскольку новые медиа часто несут ответственность за создание дистанции в человеческих отношениях и, следовательно, не могут быть единственным средством создания отношений с другими людьми. Поскольку личное общение и встречи друг с другом являются важными компонентами развития значимых межличностных отношений.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>self</kwd><kwd>human relationships</kwd><kwd>Emmanuel Levinas</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Я</kwd><kwd>человеческие отношения</kwd><kwd>Эммануэль Левинас</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Chambers D. Social Media and Personal Relationships: Online Intimacies and Networked Friendship. Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life; 2013.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Kirk A. The effect of Newer Communication Technologies on Relationship Maintenance and Satisfaction in Long-Distance Dating Relationships. Pepperdine Journal of Communication Research. 2013;1(2):3-7.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B3"><label>3.</label><mixed-citation>Tsai HH, Tsai YF. 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