External and internal culture of a person is very important for the improvement of personality. After all, the level of human development depends not only on the knowledge that is given to him while studying in educational institutions. Let's understand what is external and internal culture and why they are so important.
What is culture
The concept of culture includes a certain list of basic human values, in accordance with which a person lives and transmits during communication with other people. By culture they mean what kind of lifestyle a person aspires to, what goals he sets for himself.
It is known that culture was born along with the process of human self-development. It is a kind of development measure. Internal culture is material and spiritual values, socio-cultural norms, ways of behavior and communication. External is the self-realization of a person, his creative activity, an importantfor a society that can change the existing world, human behavior, an example of his communication with other people and with the world. Naturally, internal and external culture are closely interconnected and cannot exist without each other.
Culture and archeology
Why is the culture of man, settlements, civilizations at different stages of evolution so important in archeology? With its help, scientists can reproduce the pattern of everyday actions, values that surrounded humanity at a certain stage of development. Found destroyed buildings, dishes, examples of writing can tell a lot. Already starting from this, one can learn the characteristics of ancestors, understand the relationship between them and the surrounding society (if on a global scale - with other civilizations living on neighboring continents).
Culture and history
Even during the existence of the Ancient Chinese civilization, there was a term "zhen", which meant the purposeful impact of man on nature. For example, there is a world where it is usually in an aggregate state. And suddenly a person created something (a new currency, a new theory, a new tool), and the aggregate state of the world changed as a result. This is how man influenced the world, and this is how he changed it. In ancient Indian civilization, this concept meant the word "dharma".
An important role was given to the upbringing and training of a person. So, in ancient times, culture was closely associated with humandevelopment. In ancient Greece, there was a word "paideia", meaning "education". According to this criterion, the ancient Greeks divided humanity into cultured people and barbarians. But the level of upbringing in behavior and communication reflects only the external manifestation of culture.
Ancient Roman civilization took Greek values as a basis and developed them. So culture began to correlate with signs of personal perfection. Particular attention was paid to the development of the soul and body, the level of moral and mental "education". This representation of culture is closest to the modern concept.
But internal culture is also the presence of material we alth. For example, a characteristic reflection of the low rate of development of material production in feudal society was the low level of cultural development. There were also positive outbursts: the Renaissance.
Culture in the present
Now the term "culture" is often used in the context of the sphere of production. In this interpretation, this includes education, upbringing, the media, cultural and educational institutions. This also includes everything that is created by human hands for the development of society and the world.
Internal culture
The result of cultural evolution is the formation of the human personality. After all, a person cognizes the external expression of a materialized culture, and in the process of cognition, he forms his own world. Internal culture is the attitude of a person toto himself and to others, this is the one and only human inner world in which he lives. And according to his world, he identifies everything that happens in reality.
The criterion for evaluating a person depends on his humanity (humanity). Thus, internal culture is human strengths and abilities, personal qualities, spirituality and the potential of the individual, which are constantly in the process of development.
The level of education and upbringing is an integral part of the formation of human internal culture. Organizations that promote excellence are schools, academies, seminaries, and other institutions. They help a person not only become more intelligent and spiritual, but also teach him a profession, thanks to which a person can contribute to the development of the world.
And here is the answer to the question of what is included in the concept of internal culture. Intelligence and spirituality. The presence of these human qualities means that a person lives in truth and conscience, is fair and free, moral and humane, disinterested and honest. In addition, he has a sense of responsibility, a high level of general cultural development and tact. And of course, one of the leading qualities is integrity.
Opposite of internal culture
The degradation of a person's internal culture is manifested in a disorderly lifestyle, the appearance of such qualities as selfishness, cynicism, irresponsibility, cruelty, contempt for morality.
It is worth noting that all these qualities, good and bad, are acquired in the process of human communication from childhood to the end of life. So in order to develop an internal culture, a person needs to surround himself with appropriate people.
