Open AccessGenesis, Definition and Typological Characteristics of the Concept of Cultural Code in a Humanitarian Discourse
Author(s) -
Наталья Геннадьевна Меркулова
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
observatoriâ kulʹtury
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2588-0047
pISSN - 2072-3156
DOI - 10.25281/2072-3156-2015-0-6-80-84
Subject(s) - code (set theory) , meaning (existential) , originality , set (abstract data type) , phenomenon , epistemology , sociology , linguistics , social science , computer science , philosophy , qualitative research , programming language
The concept of cultural code, increasingly used in the meaning of essence, core, basis of a specific cultural system, is required to be specified as a category of humanitarian discourse. The genesis of the concept of cultural code is associated with borrowing by the humanities from the exact sciences’ scientific-conceptual nomenclature of the term “code” which can be treated as a system of symbols, signals that transmit information. The definition of cultural code appears to be essential, disclosing the phenomenon’s nature, considered as a set of basic concepts, attitudes, values and norms that serve to read cultural texts. Detailed typologisation of cultural codes seems possible using main cultural categories, as the originality of any cultural system is determined by the general conceptions and attitudes that people base on when they perceive and comprehend everything they meet in their lives.