Povyshenie urovnya slozhnosti sotsial'nykh sistem, obrazuyushchikh chelovechestvo, a takzhe metodov upravleniya imi, delaet aktual'nym osveshchenie voprosov, svyazannykh s generalizatsiey chelovecheskoy kul'tury. Globalizatsiya stavit na povestku dnya issledovanie obshchechelovecheskoy kul'tury i problemy ee ispol'zovaniya. Formirovanie budushchikh pokoleniy svyazano s antropologiey kak naukoy, predstavlyayushchey zakonomernosti razvitiya individual'nosti i evolyutsii vsego chelovechestva. Avtorom predprinyata popytka predstavit' evolyutsiyu chelovechestva i ego kul'tury kak sistemu ili model', kotoraya formirovalas' milliony let. Dannoe issledovanie pokazyvaet obshchuyu skhemu fizicheskoy, sotsial'noy i kul'turnoy evolyutsii chelovechestva, ustanavlivaet svyaz' mezhdu individual'noy psikhikoy i psikhikoy sotsiuma, mezhdu psikhikoy sotsiuma i ego material'noy kul'turoy, a takzhe estetikoy, naukoy. Dannaya kniga prednaznachena dlya studentov uchebnykh zavedeniy, kotorye izuchayut antropologiyu, a takzhe dlya vsekh, kto interesuetsya Vselennoy chelovecheskoy zhizni.