Historical, Philosophical, Political and Law Sciences, Culturology and Study of Art. Issues of Theory and Practice. Tambov: Gramota, 2013. № 6. Part 1. P. 30-33.
FEAR OF DEATH IN COLLECTIVISTIC AND INDIVIDUALISTIC CULTURES
Borovoi Evgenii Mikhailovich
Siberian State University of Telecommunications and Informatics
Abstract. The author considers the essence and nature of the phenomenon of fear of death in ontological aspect, along with the biological component of fear of death typically reveals its spiritual component associated with the human realization of his (her) mortality, determines that the intensification of fear of death depends on the degree of personality and society individualization development, taking it into account conducts the comparative analysis of fear of death, and researches the mechanisms of its neutralization in collectivistic and individualistic cultures.
Key words and phrases: страх, смерть, индивидуализм, коллективизм, героизм, fear, death, individualism, collectivism, heroism
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