Importance of culture today

This article discusses the crucial importance of culture for the harmonious development of individuals and society in a context in which the Romanian state values less and less this field. Neither man nor society can live outside culture, except in degrading and anomic forms, as Emile Durkheim would say, because culture generates social order, which is vital for survival. To demonstrate this idea, I first conceptually clarify the idea of culture and then highlight its significance. After establishing this, I will try to answer the question “How much money do we spend on culture today?”. As I see that at least in Romania, culture has an insignificant “budgetary importance”, I will conclude by underlining the disastrous effects of the financial neglect of culture.