Historical, Philosophical, Political and Law Sciences, Culturology and Study of Art. Issues of Theory and Practice. Tambov: Gramota, 2012. № 2. Part 1. P. 190-192.
SYMBOLS TYPES AND FUNCTIONS IN THE CULTURE OF CIVILIZATIONS
Telepina Yuliya Vital'evna, Nikolaeva Lyudmila Sergeevna
Novocherkassk State Soil-Reclamation Academy
Abstract. The authors reveal symbols typology and their functions in the culture of civilizations, and pay special attention to the fact that a symbol is not only a universal and effective mechanism of cultural memory, but the synthesizing principle of culture unity, the bearer of social heredity, accumulating and combining mankind's new historical experience.
Key words and phrases: символ, смысловые последовательности, типы символов, символизация, мир культуры, познавательная деятельность, основные и фундаментальные функции символа, symbol, semantic consistency, symbol types, symbolization, world of culture, cognitive activity, basic and fundamental symbol functions
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