THE SPIRITUAL FOUNDATION OF ECONOMY

Abstract

The modern world from time to time goes through periods of economic crisis that affect all inhabitants of the planet. The causes of these crises, as a rule, are sought in the sphere of material production, politics, international relations, fluctuations in oil prices, and so on. The economic health of the society is directly related to the state of its spiritual culture. In traditional society, the economic development of natural resources is regulated by the so-called natural religions, which reflect the moral principles of the life of the people. In particular, in the culture of the indigenous peoples of Siberia, there is a special way of explicating the world, which is fundamentally different from Western rationalism. In the positivist worldview, the man is regarded as the goal of evolution, but in natural religions, the man is only part of the universal living organism of nature. Therefore, the economic activity of people should not violate the established order of things, the universal laws of nature. To analyze problems formulated in the article, both theoretical and empirical methods are used, which made it possible to draw the main conclusions. As a result of the study, it is noted that for an adequate understanding of the current economic situation in the country, it is necessary, first of all, to analyze the spiritual foundations of society. It is emphasized that the worldview of a person of traditional culture does not allow a consumer attitude to nature, since it is understood as a source of life, something that must be preserved and multiplied by all means. Therefore, in all known myths of the peoples of Siberia, natural forces are deified, and a person, using the gifts of the forest, mountains, rivers, each time shows due reverence for mother nature. Times of traditional cultures are irrevocably a thing of the past. Still, in the researchers’ opinion, even in the age of high technologies, it is important not to forget the cultural traditions of the peoples of Russia, which for many centuries served as the spiritual basis of their economic activities.