A symbolizing role of sexual dimorphism in archaic ideolngies

Abstract

This paper intends to present a role of sexual dimorphism of man in such conceptualisation of world which resulted from both, the paradigm of animism and analogizying symbolisation, based on the iconic signs. Thus a certain theory of main cognitive paradigms and the process of symbolisation were advanced and, ther referred to manifestations of sexual dimorphisim of man in archaic huntingecherine societies. Finally, the received deductions were exemplified in the evolutinnary ceurse of ideological development of mankind. starting from the Upper Pre Aithie peried and ending on ancient centers of urbanized civilisations. The liter siege was shown on the basis of the example of the Chinese Yin-Yang doctrine.