The thing in modern society: from physicality to the symbolism
The article is devoted to the study of things as a specific tool in the process of identification and self-definition of modern man from the standpoint of the philosophy of culture. An analysis of the dynamics of the things meaning in the history of culture in terms of their role in developing a sense of modern man identity has allowed to identify the main stages in the evolution of things: (man-made, machine or virtual) and consider their defining properties due to the interaction with the person. Thing and its features in the postmodern era are considered through the prism of Zh. Bodriyyara (Jean Baudrillard's) concept.