The Significance of M.K. Petrov's Social Codes Theory for the Analysis of Archaization Phenomena

Archaization is understood as following cultural patterns and programs developed in cultures that preceded modern ones. Archaization can be difficult to recognize, since it manifests itself together with more or less modern development trends, may accompany some of its achievements, positive results, when previous experience proves useful. But with the increasing complexity of society, the conditions of its existence and development, and their rapid changes, archaism rather becomes an obstacle in understanding emerging problems and finding effective ways to solve them. The recognition of archaization can be helped by identifying the characteristics of the cultures types corresponding to the three M.K. Petrov's social codes. The dominance of the social code by professions names in the social reality understanding in a particular social community or in a whole society may indicate their archaization.