Lavrinenko V. N. The Spiritual Life of Society: The Socio-Philosophical Dimension

(Moscow University for the Humanities)

Abstract ◊ The article considers the spiritual needs of modern society taking the changes of ideologies, interests, motivations, practices, and values into account. It is alleged that the social conscience is a continuity that reproduces the entirety of the very social life.

Keywords: spiritual needs, spiritual values, spiritual activity, human feelings, ideology, interests, moral standards, social practice, consciousness.

Lavrinenko Vladimir Nikolaevich, Doctor of Science (philosophy), professor, member of the dissertation council Д 521.004.03 at Moscow University for the Humanities, member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, honorary worker of the higher vocational education of the Russian Federation. Tel.: +7 (499) 374-51-11. E-mail: philosophy.mosgu@gmail.com

Citation: Lavrinenko, V. N. (2012) Dukhovnaia zhizn' obshchestva: sotsial'no-filosofskoe izmerenie [The Spiritual Life of Society: The Socio-Philosophical Dimension]. Znanie. Ponimanie. Umenie, no. 3, pp. 193–198. (In Russ.).

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