From the meaning of the text to the meaning of human life in culture

In the article the concept of “meaning” is discussed. The author shows that it is necessary to distinguish the meaning of the text and the meaning of life (actions, events), however, in both cases reconstruction is supposed. In turn, the reconstruction of the text or life is created within a certain way of thinking. From hermeneutics, the notion of the meaning was transferred to psychology and culturology. Accordingly, the concept of the meaning of life and on the material of the reconstruction of becoming in the culture of technology the concept of “the meaning of the tool” is considered. At the end of the article the author shares his experience in constructing the meaning of culturological education. Sense, or rather different meanings of cultural education, the author not so much identified, how many constituted, analyzing the shortcomings of the existing education, aiming to realize in modern culture education modern not only about culture, but also the thinking and development of the student.