Sport and martial arts as a phenomenon of modern ecological culture
This article is a philosophical and culturological analysis of ecological content of sport and martial arts phenomenon; it is a consideration of martial arts as a phenomenon of modern ecological culture. The main objective of the work is a consideration of values’ interconnections between modern ecological culture and cultural phenomenon of sport and martial arts (SMA). The practice of SMA with the corresponded meanings of human’s ecology is presented as a cross-cultural mediator, a method of western and eastern cultures’ integration, translation of ecological meanings. The article shows an urgency of SMA considering as a phenomenon of modern ecological culture. SMA are considered as a phenomenon of modern culture taking into account main cultural connotations. There is an idea that formation history of SMA is based on traditional cultures and ancient religious-philosophical ecological systems’ representations. In the ecological representations the key role is played by the concept of psychophysical human’s perfection as a correspondence of nature’s world harmony and universe in general. Sport martial arts save ecological meanings of human’s harmonization and universe, which are typical for martial arts. SMA as a method of personal psychophysical perfection promotes formation of ecological culture and ecological consciousness of personality.