Spiritual factors of desacralization of nature in the conditions of formation of an industrial city

Meisner Tatyana N.

The article is devoted to the study of spiritual factors that aggravate the tendency of human alienation from nature in the context of European industrialization and urbanization. It is noted that the process of desacralization of nature is due to the formation of an anthropocentric worldview, the development of natural sciences and the industrial revolution in Europe.

Keywords:anthropocentrism, desacralization of nature, mechanistic picture of the world, utilitarianism, industrialization, urbanization.