M. Scheler’s philosophical socioilogy contains deep critique of cultural anthropopogic bases of the Western civilization. Scheler characterizes the cultural type of Western civilization individual as a non-balanced one: it is insufficiently self-oriented inward on itself, to self-perfection, hence it is aggressive and expansive, directed to the outside world. Developing J. Vico’s views, Scheler concludes that the people of Western civilization are potentially prone to what is called “civilized barbarism”.