Transformation of Values into Social Institutions (An Experience of Phi­losophical Understanding of the Economy Culture)

Abstract

The study is devoted to the complex analysis of the actual problem of philosophical understanding of the economy culture in the context of transformation of the economy culture values into social institutions. The aim of the study is to substantiate the determinism of the process of transformation of values into social institutions (regulators) by objective economic interests of people. Taking into account the discussion of recent decades about the nature of the transformation under consideration, the author offers a comparative analysis of existing points of view on the nature and dynamics of the process. The article reveals the ambiguity of modern interpretations of the principle of rationalism, which is determined by the constant transformation of values in the conditions of instability of the market economy. The author reveals the nature and the main stages (phases) of the process of transformation of values into social institutions — norms of human behavior. The article defines the content of the three main phases of this process (generation, insight, exteriorization). The author formulates the idea of homeostasis of the value system, which is represen­ted by the ability of various complex systems to maintain their dynamic balance through self-regulation and the ability to maintain internal stability. The article compares the conceptual approaches to this idea contained in the works of L.N. Gumilyov, K. Marx, G. Wallas, E. Brooking and other authors. There are highlighted two initial archetypes of the economy culture (secular and religious); their nature, content and basic elements are revealed. The article identifies the positive historical experience of the philosophy of culture in the field of formation of the status rank of various values and their actualization within the secular and religious economy culture. The author indicates the prospects of the axiological approach to the further study of this problem, taking into account the growing instability, uncertainty and risks of the further socio-economic and socio-cultural development of society (the chaotization of social procedurality, the growing social opposition in the form of deviant and delinquent behavior, etc.).