Characteristics of the modern world and ways out of the crisis: rationality and archetypes

In the article, the features of the development of the modern world are considered through the prism of rationality as the dominant type of thinking. The path of the formation of rationality is traced, starting from ancient Greece and up to the twentieth century inclusive. At the same time, the consequences of the absolutization of rationality in modern times are revealed on the example of economics, politics and socio-cultural life. As ways out of the global crisis, the importance and necessity of reviving cultural symbols, updating the intuitive approach to solving anthropological, environmental, economic, socio-political and cultural problems is seen.