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UDC 159.923
MODERN UTOPIAS: MEDIOCRITY AS A STANDARD
Levit Leonid Zigfridovich
Center for Psychological Health and Education (Minsk, Belarus)
The Director of Center Cand. Sc. (Psychology), Assoc. Prof., Scientific correspondent of the Institute of Psychology under the name of G.S. Kostiuk of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences (Kiev, Ukraine)
Center for Psychological Health and Education (Minsk, Belarus)
The Director of Center Cand. Sc. (Psychology), Assoc. Prof., Scientific correspondent of the Institute of Psychology under the name of G.S. Kostiuk of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences (Kiev, Ukraine)
Abstract
The article deals with several modern humanitarian theories which, as the author shows us, possess utopian characteristics and cannot be actualized for different reasons. The orientation on shallow social interactions and consumerist values forms individuals who are unable for persistent and systematic labour, unique self-development and self-realization. These are modern mediocrities. As an alternative, the author promotes an eudaimonic tradition, which has various theoretical and experimental confirmations, thus enabling practical realization of some advantages of the given conceptions as a concomitant result.
Keywords: altruism, ecological culture, egoism, eudaimonia, happiness, meaning, utopia
Category: 3. Psychology
Article reference:
Modern utopias: mediocrity as a standard // Psychology, sociology and pedagogy. 2015. № 11 [Electronic journal]. URL: https://psychology.snauka.ru/en/2015/11/6059
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