AGE CONCEPTS IN ANCIENT AND MODERN CULTURES: SYMBOLISM AND NORMATIVE CRITERIA
Keywords:
absolute, conditional age, life cycle, age symbolism, age category, the age limits.Abstract
The article discusses the elements of the age symbolism as a system of ideas and images, in which society interprets the individual’s way of life, the perception of various aspects of the human life cycle, as well as criteria of age stratification of society in ancient and modern cultures.
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