Spiritual Culture - a complex that includes in its composition smaller components: culture, legal and cognitive, moral and physical, religious and aesthetic.Formed since the beginning of society, spiritual culture, according to the researchers, focused at least two problems.The first - the preservation of the integrity of a society (community).The second - the comprehension of the general laws of existence.
Today sociologists define as a kind of spiritual culture of the program, leading people to perceive reality in a certain light, to evaluate events and actions biased, focusing on the usual setting.As part of one culture are closely linked, the principles of behavior, words, evaluation.
often happens that what in one culture is considered dishonorable, another location can be a sign or traditional behavior.For example, once existed among different peoples "right of first night", which in other countries was seen as an insult.
All components are immaterial and spiritual culture manifest themselves indirectly.
spiritual culture - the language, rules, rituals, traditions, laws, works of art, rituals, folk and artistic creativity.
Intermediaries of intangible concepts are different objects, such as books, paintings, folk costumes, songs and so on. N.
spiritual culture - a dynamic process and is directly linked with the concept of cultural production.This process - not that other, as an opportunity to carry out activities of man, realizing his creative potential.She awakens in man the concept of personality, develops and constitutes it helps to gain positive personal qualities.
not confuse erudition, education with the concept of "spiritual culture".A person can read a lot of literature, explore dozens of languages, but not a single step to advance in their own spiritual development, not be capable of meaningful and responsible business and actions.
can be argued that the spiritual culture - a tandem of spiritual activity and its results.It should be manifested in the daily life of the individual and the whole society is reflected in his lifestyle facilities.
elements of spiritual culture are numerous:
- language. original method of representation of the world, the means of existence and the highest form of popular culture.Language - one of the many manifestations of the objectification of thought, which is then reflected in the signs and symbols, oral and written forms.
- beliefs. acknowledgment of truth without verification and confirmation.
- Customs. So called repetitive, standard, formed over a long time, but the unconscious behavior.They reflect the specific features of the life of groups: religious, ethnic, age, family and so on. N.
- Standards, which are caused by customs. are divided on the moral, economic, political, and so on. N.
- values. complex products synthesized from customs, legal systems, people's interests and needs.They may be transient and eternal, which is based on the entire universe.Scientists share the values of the vital, social, religious, and so on. N.
