Educational Acmeology. Developmental Psychology

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Popova S. I., Selezneva A. V. Socio-political and civil activity of young people: Between massification and individualization. Izvestiya of Saratov University. Educational Acmeology. Developmental Psychology, 2021, vol. 10, iss. 1, pp. 12-22. DOI: 10.18500/2304-9790-2021-10-1-12-22

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Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Investigations of Psyche’s Development
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316 .6
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10.18500/2304-9790-2021-10-1-12-22

Socio-political and civil activity of young people: Between massification and individualization

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Popova Svetlana I., Moscow State Pedagogical University
Selezneva Antonina V., Lomonosov Moscow State University
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The purpose of the study presented in the article is a theoretical analysis of socio-political and civic activity of young people in the context of processes of individualization and massification as contradictory but interdependent trends in the development of modern society. The relevance of the study is supported by the need for scientific understanding of conditions under which the formation of social and political subjectivity of young people and their choice of these types of activity take place. We presented data of the theoretical analysis of the “social activity” concept with a particular focus on its psychological structure, namely on the cognitive, emotional, motivational, reflexive, volitional and behavioral (activity) components. We substantively described determinants of the socio-political and civic activity of young people, to which we attributed internal psychological (consciousness and self-awareness of the individual, interests and motivation) and external socio-political factors (internal and external political, socio-cultural, informational and communicative context of life). It is shown that the study of modern young people’s activity presupposes inclusion of the subject field of the parameters of personal and social responsibility and the conscious choice of an individual between passionarity and desubjectivity into the scientific analysis. The applied aspect of the problem under study can be used as a tool for development of socially active young people who are focused on constructive interaction with the state, business, and society as a whole.

Key words: 
socio-political activity
massification
individualization
responsibility
choice
self-awareness
young people
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Received: 
16.10.2020
Accepted: 
13.12.2020
Published: 
31.03.2021