By Vladimir Ionesov
ABSTRACT
The aim of this article is study of the phenomenon of beauty in culture and aesthetic resources of social
survival in changing world. In the broadest sense, beauty is a category indicating complete harmony in an
object, based on an ideal correspondence of form and concept. Liberated by beauty, man recovers his lost
link with nature and extends the boundaries of his existence. Aesthetic manifestations are very important
resource of overcoming of crisis and social trials. Focusing on the character of phenomenological essence of
beauty in culture the study outlines how aesthetic means influence on cultural process and how cultural
process determines the art-creativity. Based on ideas of F.Dostoevsky, V. Solovyev, A. Camus this article
develops the phenomenological view at nature and social mission of beauty in culture. The beauty and
ritual-mythological creativity are saving lighthouses for the rebellious spirit and crisis-ridden consciousness
in the changing culture. Moreover the aesthetic process we can define as the special strategy of culture’s
survival and as cultural paradigm. It allows us to understand also how to exploit the crisis points and
transitional situations in culture.
