Онтологическая кристаллизация устойчивого в культуре

Abstract

The article analyses crystallization as a mechanism for the formation of cultural phenomena and types. The crystal metaphorically symbolizes the simplest mode of stability of all objects of existence. The characteristics of a crystal include a symmetrical, equilibrium, regular arrangement of elements in the structure of a solid. The essence, the identity of a crystalline body is determined by this structure, and not by the elements themselves, which in some cases can be arranged in a different order with the same elementary composition of matter, forming a different body. The crystallization of cultural traced the stages of Genesis (formation of identical culture) and further existence (repetition of the existing form in the process of growth) of the cultural system. The preservation of the cultural type can be traced in various sections of the space-time continuum: at the level of the people or nation, at the level of social stratification, at the level of ontogenesis.