SYMBOL AS A CATEGORY OF CULTURE AND ITS FUNCTIONAL LOAD THROUGH THE PRISM OF PHILOSOPPHICAL DOCTRINES
Journal Title: Вісник Черкаського університетету. Серія Філософія - Year 2017, Vol 1, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction The attention is drawn to the role of the symbol in the modern world of intercultural communication. Hence the need for theoretical and methodological understanding of the symbol as a key phenomenon of culture, the understanding of the place and role of symbols in intercultural communication, the study of the symbols of different peoples. Purpose. The purpose of this work - consideration and understanding of the symbol as a functional culture. The article is an analysis of the complex of anthropological ideas of researchers of different directions and schools in terms of understanding the symbol. Results It is shown that the symbol is a category of culture and it has a functional load. These ideas are revealed through the prism of the ideas of representatives of philosophical anthropology and the philosophy of symbolism. The article deals with the set of social functions of a symbol in culture. The role of symbolic production in social communication is shown. The attention is paid to the sources of symbolic production: religion, art, technology, etc. The influence of the symbol in the ordering of the social world and the practice of everyday life is considered. Originality. The interpretation of E. Cassirer's ideas about a symbol in the modern information society is shown, namely, due to certain properties of the symbol of its use for managing the collective unconscious. Conclusion. On the basis of symbolization, the whole culture was built and built now. The symbol contains much more information than the usual word. The symbol, as a rule, relies on a more ancient arsenal of influence than modern culturological acquisitions and technology of influence.
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Olga BOYKO
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