CULTURE IS A CERTAIN LEVEL OF HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIETY, HUMAN CREATIVE POWER AND ABILITIES

Abstract

Culture is a set of symbolic devices and works that define human activity and the importance of this activity. Culture can be manifested in activities such as music, literature, visual arts, architecture, theater, cinematography, and lifestyle. In anthropology, the term “culture” refers to products and their production, aesthetic meaning, and social relations connected to these processes. In this sense, culture includes art, science, and spiritual systems. Culture is a certain level of historical development of society, human creative power and abilities. It is expressed in various forms of people’s life and activities, as well as in the material and spiritual wealth they create. The concept of culture is used to explain a specific historical period (ancient culture), concrete society, people and nation, as well as specific areas of human activity or life. In a narrow sense, the term culture is used only in the sphere of the spiritual life of people. Culture comes from the Arabic word madina (city). Arabs divide people’s lives into two types: one is Bedouin or desert life; the second is called cultural life. Bedouins are nomadic peoples living in the steppes and deserts, culturalism is used for peoples who live in cities and have their own way of life.