A person cannot sit still. We constantly carry out social and transformative activities. It may seem impossible, but such is the reality.
general information
Initially, it is necessary to designate the word “activity”. This is the name of the type of human activity that is aimed at cognition, as well as further creative transformation of the world around us (including oneself). When socio-transformative activity is mentioned, this means that people create conditions convenient for society, adapt them to themselves. But for starters, let's dwell on general information. So, human activity can take the following character:
- Conscious. During this activity, the person consciously determines the goal and anticipates the possible outcome of the decisions made.
- Productive. Human activity is aimed at getting a certain result.
- Transformative. During the process of activity, a person changes the world around him and himself.
- Public. This means that the process of activity implies the presence of communication and the establishment of various relationships with other people.
Other classification
There are also other types of representations of human activity. So, it can be divided into practical and spiritual. For completeness of comparison, we will consider not only social transformative, but also cognitive activity. This will allow you to better understand this topic. The first relates to the practical direction, and the second to the spiritual.
What is social transformative activity?
This is a question that has no universal answer. So, it can be creative or destructive - depending on the end result. As social practice shows, it is possible to judge the influence of a certain activity only after a considerable amount of time. Indeed, paradoxically, even certain cataclysms can have a beneficial effect in the future. Let us cite the French revolution and the capture of the Bastille as an example. After these events, the Jacobin Terror unfolded across the country, when a very significant number of people laid their heads on the block. But at the same time, positive trends were launched, thanks to which France is now a developed, advanced power.
The effectiveness of social transformative activity is also affected by whether it is creative or reproductive. In the first case, something qualitatively new is created. This usually happens slowly. But the end effect will be amazing. With reproductive activity, something is re-created according to already existing patterns and ideas. This process, as a rule, proceeds rather quickly. But the palm and the discoverer effect are lost in that case. Identifying activities is also highlighted separately. They in this case can be external or internal. The former refers to activities aimed at interacting with someone or something. Whereas internal revelations are thought processes.
About cognitive activity, let us put in a word ...
It includes everything related to understanding the principles of the functioning of the environment and recognition of something new. Here you can highlight several areas. Among them: sensual, rational, artistic, everyday, personal, religious activity. Separate consideration should be given to scientific knowledge. Thanks to this, a person can be guided by the principle of objectivity, receive sound and systemic knowledge, which can also be double-checked. In this case, cognitive activity is also a way of developing society. She aims to improve his way of life.
Practice
Social-transformative activity is such an element of interaction in society that cannot do without communication. After all, it is a way of interconnection between different people. If we talk about cognitive activity, then it represents the so-called subject-object process. That is, a person performs certain actions aimed at understanding some thing or process. An example is the transformation taking place in society. Whereas social transformative activity is such a process that it cannot happen without contact between different people.
Communication Features
Very often this process is identified with communication. But these concepts should be separated. So, communication can be understood as an activity that is spiritual and material in nature. But communication is a purely informational process. As an example, we can give an example of the interaction of man and animal (dogs, rats, and so on). Agree, communication with other people can not be compared with communication with animals. As an analogy, we can say that the first type of interaction is based on dialogue, while the second is based on monologue. Social practice can provide countless confirmations that everything happens this way. From all this, one conclusion can be drawn. Social objects are exclusively people.
Implementation
So, we already know what constitutes social transformative activity. Examples of this mechanism for changing society will be able to consolidate the information received. To begin, let's start with the lowest possible level. Imagine that a particular person is not satisfied with the educational level at school. Then he works on the creation of children's summer camps. They will carry out the promotion of science. They will show exciting things from the section of physics / chemistry, explain the great importance of knowledge and so on. This will be, albeit not very large-scale, but nonetheless a socially transformative activity. And children, instead of going to potentially not good companies, will be engaged in education.
You can give an example and a larger scale. Imagine that a person decided to establish a public organization that would popularize the scientific approach and the principle of rationalism within one single country or even the whole world. Everything rests solely on ambition and purpose. Social transformative activity can be conducted with a different level of success and at different scales. But it should be understood that it can be carried out exclusively by a group of people. In a modern state, one person can’t change, say, the size of maternal capital. Even if we consider the example of the most people in power - government ministers, then even their decision depends on the current state of affairs and the huge apparatus of officials. Even in this case, it cannot be said that everything can be realized simply and without problems.