The article will consider the social activity of the individual and its types, factors of social activity, as well as what consequences it has for society. Also, attention will be paid to its main characteristics and development paths.
general information
What is meant by activity? It should be noted that this is a generalized and at the same time complex concept. It is used to characterize living organisms. Speaking generally and generally, then by activity we mean the internal deterministic motion of living matter. But we are interested in a particular case - the behavior of an individual in society. And, revealing the topic of the article, it should be said that the social activity of the individual is the need of the individual person to maintain or change the foundations of his life, in accordance with his worldview and
value orientations. The conditions and manifestation environment is a complex of all factors that affects a specific individual in society. Social activity most often manifests itself in attempts to change the circumstances of people's lives (or oneself) so that a person (or group) gets a certain benefit. It should also be noted the wide opportunities for such activities. Of course, all types of activity are interconnected. But if a person can no longer walk, this does not mean that he will not take part in society. This is possible due to the social nature of this type of activity.
Types and interaction
Social activity is most strongly associated with mental and physical manifestations. It determines their further development. At the same time, there are separate provisions on which the social activity of the individual most depends. Its characteristic can be expressed in three words: worldview, duty and will. True, all these different sciences have a slightly different vision. To get acquainted with them, you can read philosophical, psychological and sociological literature. So, activity can be considered not only directly as the activity itself, but also as a measure of its orientation and the aggregate ability of a particular subject to enter into diverse active relationships with existing objective reality. However, there is no generally accepted interpretation of this phenomenon. There are generalized and narrower interpretations.
Interpretation
So, the researchers have no single interpretation. The social activity of the individual in psychology, philosophy and other sciences is considered from the point of view of individual opinions. Bringing them all is quite problematic. Therefore, they were combined by the author into three groups, which will be designated as part of this article:
- Social activity is a broader category than activity. In this case, it is understood that a person can exert a certain influence even with one's presence.
- Social activity is identified with activity. In this case, it is understood that everything that a person does is important to society.
- Social activity is a narrower category than activity. Adherents of this statement are people who believe that not all human actions can be viewed from a social point of view.
Opinions of researchers
For a better understanding of the topic of the article, I propose to familiarize yourself with two approaches. The first is proposed by S. A. Potapova, which considers the worldview and activity of the subject as part of one whole - social activity. However, not every action can be considered in this vein. Only that activity is an indicator of social activity, which has certain quantitative and qualitative characteristics that are interconnected. Also a prerequisite is independence. In other words, activity should not be imposed from the outside. It must be the product of human needs. That is, in order to recognize a specific individual as a socially active subject, you need to make sure that he consciously realizes his needs.
The methodological conclusion of V. G. Mordkovich is also interesting. He considers activity as an essential feature of the subject. If someone else's will is imposed on a person, then he becomes already a carrier of activity. In other words, an individual is transformed from a subject into an object, which performs other people's tasks in which it does not have a need. To designate people of this type, the concept of “socially passive” was introduced. At the same time, it is noted that not all needs have a driving influence on activity, but only those of them, the satisfaction of which has social significance or affects certain public interests. The structure of the behavioral model in this case depends on the goals pursued by the subject and the preferred leverage.
Division into spheres
We previously examined division based on theoretical study approaches. If we look at the practical result, that social activity can manifest itself in the following areas of life:
- Labor;
- Socio-political;
- Spiritual.
Each species has its own subspecies.
Features of theoretical consideration
Social activity can be considered in two main aspects. In the first, she appears as a
personality trait. Social activity in this case is considered as such that is due to natural data and characteristics that were formed and developed during the educational, educational, training and practical processes. In other words, this quality shows how a person relates to the social environment and how much he is able to solve emerging problems (both his own and other people). The second aspect considers activity as a certain measure of activity. In other words, a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the involvement of the individual in the existing and functioning system of
social relations is given.Social Activity Assessment
In order to evaluate how a person manifests himself, as a rule, indicators such as diligence and initiative are used. Under the first understand the ability of an individual to perform tasks at the required level in accordance with the requirements, norms and rules. Normality is often used to characterize performance.
As an example, we can recall the factories and the existing wage systems on them, where people are paid for the amount of products created not lower than a certain level of quality. If diligence is brought up from an early age, initiative begins in childhood and gradually develops. It reaches peak values in adulthood, when a person creates the greatest number of different ideas. All of them are evaluated by the quality of study, social value, the direction of the initiative, the responsibility of the contractor, the duration, stability and frequency of manifestations. Also, those where the person acted as an organizer or performer can be summed up separately. There are, of course, other assessment indicators, but these are the most universal. Let's look at a small example. In it we will combine the previously presented information.
An example of the growth of social activity
To simulate the conditions, imagine that the actions will unfold in the socio-political sphere. So we have an individual person. He does not take any active actions and is an ordinary ordinary man in the street. At one certain moment, he is “condescended” by the insight that something is going wrong in the public or political life of the state. He begins to collect information, attend various conferences, communicate with representatives of organizations that are active in this field. Thus, the individual person becomes a passive participant in public life: he participates in it, but his possibilities of influencing it are close to zero. He is socially active, but so far he is not a more or less significant participant, his social “weight” is very low. Over time, the individual person begins to participate more actively in various events. Perhaps he even establishes his own social organization. This requires him more time and effort to devote to the cause. Thus, social activity will increase. Moreover, this will not be idle work, but to achieve certain goals that are pursued by man.
Conclusion
Social activity is an important parameter when studying the involvement of the population in the process of government. Also, if there are thoughts of large-scale state or social activities, then the activation of this characteristic of the population can do very good service.