Ideas and the names of cultural studies in Lithuania

The article deals with cultural studies in Lithuania. The author interprets three periods: 1) the interwar period, 2) the post-war period that covers both cultural research in Soviet Lithuania and research of Lithuanian emigrants abroad, and 3) the post-soviet period. The author interprets a number of Lithuanian cultural researchers on the basis of the following assumptions: 1) cultural studies are inseparable from the discourse of modernity even if we speak about postmodern cultural situation and its representatives; 2) culture should be interpreted as an integral whole available for philosophical reflection; 3) cultural studies balance between regional identity and global tendencies; 4) cultural studies should be developed with respect to our hermeneutic intentions; 5) cultural phenomena have been used by cultural studies referring to our life world as cultural environment and our creative role within it; 6) the researchers of cultural studies take part in both vertical cultural community of a certain region and horizontal scientific society around the world; 7) cultural studies emerge as interdisciplinary discourse, i.e. as a result of "long way" (Ricoeur) tactics