Object - temporality in the system of culture; aim - based on the anthropological interpretation of semantic and structural components of culture system to define representations of temporality in it and to explain the cultural-anthropological direction in time research; methods - the anthropological reduction, anthropological interpretation, systematic, complex analysis, historical-genetic method; novelty - it is founded a new cultural and anthropological research direction in time research, opened heuristic potential of dialogue between nominalizm and realism as the two main traditions, found and specified specificity of temporal forms in material culture, essentially specified temporal structure of culture of the XX century, defined specificity of temporal forms in the spiritual culture on the example of Western and Eastern religions, substantially fleshed specific of historical time, it cyclic forms evolution of culture and its particular areas, revealed specific and temporal forms of modernism, demonstrates the value of psychoanalytical methodology, identified temporal aspects of the basic concepts of postmodernism, depth understanding of temporal characteristics of popular culture and trends of its evolution, expanded the meaning of gender approach to understanding the evolution of XX century culture, grounded the necessity temporal aspect of research; results - can be used in future issues of contemporary culture, the development of methodologies of cultural-anthropological knowledge and national programs of development of culture and personality, the preparation of textbooks, manuals, teaching materials, in lectures and conducting workshops in training courses on ethics, esthetics, culturologics, religion, philosophy. Recent temporal coverage and interpretation of the phenomena of material and spiritual culture will allow for the use of the work in the teaching of psychology, sociology, political science and other humanities disciplines; brunch - a philosophical anthropology, philosophy of culture
