EXISTENTIAL GROUNDS FOR THE EXISTENCE AND MANIFESTATION OF THE FEAR OF DEATH
The article presented by the author examines the existential and metaphysical origins of a person's fear of death. The psychological prerequisites for the emergence of fear of death, the features of the manifestation of this fear in funeral rituals inherent in a number of cultures are revealed. The symptomatology of pathological fear of death, the peculiarities of the perception of this fear in a philosophical and worldview context are characterized. The idea is substantiated that the main cause of the fear of death is the devaluation of spiritual and moral values that takes place in a modern consumer society; the desire of a person to live by the needs of the body, excluding the needs of the spirit.