author: Andriy Slivinskyi
Urgency of the research. One of the characteristic and defining features of our modernity is the acceleration of social dynamics in all spheres of life. Under such conditions and circumstances, the aspect of competitive advantages of some societies over others is noticeably actualized. The aspect of competitive advantages has many components, but in all hierarchies of meanings and values, key positions are assigned to the factor of personal development, which determines the level of both individual and social capitalization.
Target setting. In social philosophy and philosophy of history, the thesis that the prospects for the development of society are determined by the totality of the personal development of its members has an axiomatic status. According to the logic of things, society should be interested in the maximum personal development of its members. But how often have you come across such a state of affairs? Why is it an exception to the rule rather than the rule itself? Maybe something is wrong with logic? Or maybe what we have long considered an axiom is actually a theorem or hypothesis?
Actual scientific researches and issues analysis. Іn the process of research, we focused on the works of: Bondarenko N., Gotsalyuk A., Gurkivska A., Levchuk I., Samchuk Z., Rafalsky O. and other Ukrainian scientists.
The research objective. The target orientation of this study is the analysis of cause-and-effect relationships that determine the presence of difficulties and obstacles that have arisen on the path of personal development since antiquity and have a clear illustrative continuation in the era of the information society.
The statement of basic materials. The article highlights the philosophical issues of society as a factor of personal development from antiquity to the present. The concept of socialization is analyzed, the substantive imperatives of sociality, the content and tasks of social adaptation, the principles of acculturation and other issues are highlighted.
Conclusions. The main obstacles to personal development from antiquity to the present day are due to two factors. The first is the mechanism of socialization, which, being imperceptible, leads to the standardization and leveling of individual potential. The second is a priori representativeness: even if society is aware of the importance of personal development, its interests are often distorted by political power, which is mainly guided by its own benefit.
Keywords: personal development, sociocultural research approach, cause-and-effect relationships, societal efficiency, information age, conceptual challenges of modernity, deliberative democracy.
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