Cultural processes

The article discusses the cultural dynamics, clarify various concepts and approaches that attempt to explain the underlying causes of mechanisms of functioning of cultures. The author specifies that in the developed understanding processes of dynamics of culture should be interpreted as manifestation of ability of difficult social systems to adapt to the changing external and internal conditions of the existence. On the basis of what conclusions that as fundamental “activator” of cultural dynamics not ideas, not interests, passions and desires of people, but the objective, poorly realized by people need of adaptation of society and culture to changing outside and in a life situation act are drawn. In the conclusion the author notes that the mechanisms of cultural action taking place during certain periods of history or continuing to operate now in a number of concrete areas of cultural practice are so far rather in detail described. Various disciplines define also set of conditions, ways and states through which various processes of dynamics of culture are shown.