Flier Andrey Yakovlevich,

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor,

Chief Research Worker,

Russian Institute for Cultural Research, 

Likhachev Russian Research Institute 

for Cultural and Natural Heritage

e-mail: andrey.flier@yandex.ru

 

 

 

Cultural Milieu: An Attempt of Analytical Structuring

 

Abstract: This article presents a systematic analysis of the main components of cultural milieu as a social system – symbolic production, regulatory social behavior, language and customs. The article also investigates their administrative functions in relation to social control and management of social life.

 

Key words: cultural milieu, social behavior, social conscience, social mimesis, social rituals.

 

 

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[9] For more detail see: Blumer, Herbert. Collective Behavior // Principles of Sociology. N.Y.: Barnes & Noble, 1951.

 

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[12] For more detail see: Pinker, Steven. The Language Instinct. N.Y.: William  Morrow  and  Company  Inc.  1994.

 

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