Humanities in Kazakhstan: development, challenges and characteristics

Abstract

Modern Kazakhstan has become a kind of testing ground for various experiments in all spheres of public andstate life. This is explained by the progressive policies pursued by the country’s current leadership. Despite itsautonomy and independence, Kazakhstan cannot help but be involved in the general global process, in thegeneral dynamic space. And the problems that arise in one sphere or another directly or indirectly affect Ka-zakhstan. In Kazakhstan, the influence of crisis moments in modern humanities in the fields of science, edu-cation and public life is felt. In this article, the author attempts to analyse the general state of humanitiesknowledge in Kazakhstan and, as far as possible, to identify the most important and promising directions inthe process of overcoming the crisis in the humanities. The author draws particular attention to the fact thatthis crisis is especially acute in the fields of education and science. In this sense, the humanities have beenrelegated to the sidelines of the educational process. Today’s attitudes mainly prioritise natural science andapplied research. The humanities have become merely an afterthought in the research sphere. In the article,the author assesses the extent of the problems in the humanities and provides a fundamental evaluation of thisphenomenon.