V rabote "Teatr: ot instituta sotsial'noy gigieny k praktike "zaboty o sebe" rassmatrivaetsya genezis i sovremennoe sostoyanie teatra kak sotsial'nogo instituta i praktiki zaboty o sebe, gumanitarnoy tekhnologii, pomogayushchey cheloveku zhit' i razvivat'sya v usloviyakh sushchestvuyushchego mira. Tsel' dannoy raboty - pokazat', chto imenno sotsial'naya funktsiya teatra yavlyaetsya geneticheski iskhodnoy, a potentsial'no vyzyvaemyy im effekt katarsisa pozvolyaet govorit' o teatre kak o sotsiokul'turnoy praktike, sposobstvuyushchey razresheniyu protivorechiy neorganicheskoy zhizni cheloveka. The work "Theatre: from the institute of social hygiene to the 'care of oneself' practice" is dedicated to the genesis and status quo of the theatre as a social institute and a "taking care of the self" practice, a technology that aids individuals in living and developing themselves in the current circumstances. The author argues that the social-integrative function of the theatre is its primary one, and the catharsis effect potentially produced by a theatre performance justifies its use as a means of resolving individual's inner conflicts.