The article was received on August 15, 2020
The material culture of the human community was initially a protective shell for a vulnerable human from the external environment, which, on one hand, provides him with resources for survival, on the other hand it creates severe conditions for his inevitable evolution as a biological species. In the modern era, all the systems and resources of the national community are designed to ensure the conditions for it to be preserved and developing in the competitive struggle in the globalized world.
The phenomenon of culture as a system was studied by the brilliant British anthropologist B. Malinowski, who established the paradigm of functionalism in modern science [7]. Such representatives of the functional approach as E.B. Haas [12], D. Held [14], J. Scholte [1], Peter Wolff [4] and some others studied the functioning of national groups under globalisation. Fundamental works on globalization problems and prospects for its development belong to S.P. Huntington [8; 13] and P. Berger [8].
The commonality of culture is one of the basic conditions for consolidating communities of different taxonomic levels. B. Malinowski defined culture as "a unified whole, consisting partly of autonomous, and partly of coordinated institutions" [7, p. 44]. From his point of view, the main function of culture as a specific instrument is to solve urgent problems caused by the human's biological needs.
For humanity's effective functioning, it is necessary not only to unite in groups but also to agree on joint activities. This is the second function of culture as a system of participants, activities and relationships, where each part exists as a means for achieving certain goals.
The third function of culture is to organize the systemic relations of society. Types of cultural activities, relations and participants are organized into institutions (family, clan, local group, tribe, organized partnerships) to solve important tasks in the economic, political, legal and educational spheres [7, p.127].