BSU bulletin. Philosophy
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THE HUMAN IDENTITY IN THE PERIOD OF RELIGIOUS AND MORAL POLARIZATION // BSU bulletin. Philosophy. - 2016. №3. Философия. Philosophy. - С. 91-97.
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THE HUMAN IDENTITY IN THE PERIOD OF RELIGIOUS AND MORAL POLARIZATION
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The article discusses the role and value of the human identity in the period of social crisis, which is characterized by opposite tendencies in development of morality, positive and negative polarization. Current crises threat irreversible and very negative consequences for the entire human community, they gave rise to new kinds of wars, destroying spiritual principles of social
life. We believe that in such a situation the transition from war to peace is possible only thought the active participation of every member of society in the process of its altruistic transformation. In the second half of the 20th century an outstanding Russian-American scholar, thinker Pitirim Sorokin suggested the project of altruistic transformation of mankind, his theoretical position could be the basis for these changes.
life. We believe that in such a situation the transition from war to peace is possible only thought the active participation of every member of society in the process of its altruistic transformation. In the second half of the 20th century an outstanding Russian-American scholar, thinker Pitirim Sorokin suggested the project of altruistic transformation of mankind, his theoretical position could be the basis for these changes.
Keywords:
identity, social crisis, war, state, civil society, Pitirim Sorokin, socio-cultural sys- tem, religious and moral polarization, altruism, altruistic transformation.
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2. Forms and Techniques of Altruistic and Spiritual Growth. Ed. by P. A. Sorokin. Boston: Beacon Press, 1954. 253 p.
3. Sorokin P. A. Man and Society in Calamity. The Effects of War, Revolution, Famine, Pestilence upon Human Mind, Behavioral, Social Organization and Cultural Life. N. Y.: E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1942. 352 p.
4. Sorokin P. A. Social and Cultural Dynamics: A study of Change in Major Systems of Art, Truth, Ethics, Law and Social Relationships. Boston: P. Sargent, 1957. 718 p.
5. Sorokin P. A. Social Philosophies of an Age of Crisis. Boston: Beacon Press, 1950. 345 p.
6. Sorokin P. A. Society, Culture and Personality: Their Structure & Dynamics. A System of General Sociology. N.Y.: Harper & Bros, 1969. 742 p.
7. Jeffries V. Integralizm Sorokina: novaya obshchestvennaya nauka i rekonstruktsiya chelovechestva [Sorokin’s Integralism: A New Social Science and Reconstruction of Man- kind]. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya — Sociological Studies.1999. No. 11. Pp. 13–17.
8. Sorokin P. A. Glavnye tendentsii nashego vremeni [The Main Trends of Our Time]. Moscow: Nauka Publ., 1997. 351 p.
9. Sorokin P. A. Tainstvennaya energiya lyubvi [The Mysterious Energy of Love]. 1991. No. 8–9. Pp. 121–137.
10. Sorokin P. A. Usloviya i perspektivy mira bez voiny [The Conditions and Prospects for a World without War]. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya — Sociological Studies. 1999. No. 6. Pp. 3–11.
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