THE WORLDVIEW TYPE AS A CRITERION OF CIVILIZATIONAL IDENTITY

The article is devoted to the problem of civilizational identification. The solution of this problem largely determines the correct understanding of the historical development features for particular society. The thesis about the conditionality of the civilizational type by worldview's factors is substantiated. On this basis, the author claims that civilizational identity is determined by the dominance of one from the components of the mass worldview — «collectivist» or «individualistic».