Mental foundations of creativity

Nekrasov Andrey Sergeevich

The purpose of the article is to analyze the significance of mentality as the foundation of a national character in the realization of the creative potential of man and society. The article discusses such components of the mentality as archetypes, the national idea, the soul of the people, natural factors, the genetic foundation, the mental code, each of which carries its own functional load, and the mentality as a multi-level phenomenon manifests itself on the virtual and essential levels.

Keywords:mentality, archetypes, ethnopsychology, national idea, national-ethnic community, soul of the people, natural factors, image, mental code.