VIDES KULTŪRA -- BŪTISKA EIROPEISKĀ DZĪVESVEIDA SASTĀVDAĻA.

Contemporary philosophy and sociology denies sharp opposition between humans and the forms of natural environment, acknowledging that 1) human beings themselves manifest one the highest forms in the development of life; 2) in the process of socialization pragmatic life-style causes real dangers to diverse natural ecosystems because of the achievements of civilization, science and technology. High technologies replace primitive and brutal forms of production in the post-industrial society. As a result new global forms of consumption and satisfaction of vital needs are developing, characterized by ecological products, life in sustainable natural environment. The culture of a healthy life-style. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]