Gorodyska O. Madness: Cultural and Symbolic Modi

The object - the madness phenomenon within the traditional West European cultures. The aim - to reveal the certain unified madess within the framework of traditional European cultures. Methods - social-cultural and between-disciplines approaches with using of comparative-historical and formal-typoligical methods. Theoretical results - it was analysed the madness phenomenon in the traditional West European cultures in the forms of defined modi. It was wellfounded the essential connection of madness with the archaic existential structures of the West European man. The practical application - a training of new academic courses. The sphere of use - the results of the recearch can be used in the cultivating of social and medical practices.