Pedagogy and psychology as sciences of building the potential of modern society
- Author:
- Elena N. Shutenko
- Work direction:
- Глава 2
- Abstract:
- The study presents a conceptual-terminological analysis of the problem and category of self-realization. It reveals the methodological assumptions and key theoretical approaches to the development of self-realization issues that prevail in Western and Russian traditions of scientific reflection on phenomenology and becoming of personality. Drawing on fundamental research, the author provides a comparative presentation of the key terms that comprise the categorical field of self-realization (self-actualization, self-fulfillment, self-expression, self-affirmation, self-development). The analysis identifies two methodological poles that form a continuum of approaches and theories of self-realization: ego-centric and culture-centric. The first pole consists of theories that reduce self-realization to an immanent property of the self. The second pole consists of concepts that view self-realization as a derivative of the socio-cultural experience of productive life. The study concludes that the bipolar configuration of the conceptual space of the problem of self-realization is relevant, as it encompasses most leading approaches and theories of heuristic understanding of this problem in its holistic ontology and phenomenology.
- Keywords:
- personality, self-actualization, conceptual analysis, self-realization, self-development, psychological theories, self, categorical field of self-realization, self-fulfillment, self-affirmation