social progress - a concept quite extensive.It reflects not only a change of movement of public life in public space and time.The concept of "social progress" are not fixed by any assessment of the quality of development, nor its very direction.The phenomenon is the result of social development, which implies an increase in the technological and scientific knowledge, as well as improving the complex social organization and productivity.Thus, social progress and criteria reflect the establishment of the most advanced forms of social life.It should be said that the improvement of public life has a direct impact on the development of personality.In connection with this social progress in recent years more and more based on the concept of humanistic development of the society, whose main purpose is the well-being, self-actualization of man.
All of the above is a reflection of the understanding of the definition itself.The question of the availability of social progress in the social life is considered from two opposite points.The first concept recognizes the existence of ideas, and the second, respectively, does not recognize.
to theories that recognize social progress, and his idea of the main objectives should be, first of all, include the concept of Parsons (American sociologist) and the concept of Condorcet (French philosopher and sociologist).Last
in his work spoke of the existence of the laws of the historical dimension.Condorcet believed that the mind has the ability to change the world on rational basis.According to the philosopher, social progress depends primarily on the increase of scientific knowledge and universal education.
This concept has had a significant impact on the views of Comte.This French sociologist formulated the law of the three stages of social progress in human development, based on which he set the intellectual progress.
teachings of Comte and Condorcet contributed to the study of the evolution of society has become a priority for the research of social life.
By the twentieth century, the concept was the basis of the ideas neoevolyutsionistov.Representative of this trend was the Parsons.In his view, the main criterion of social progress advocates strengthening adaptive capacity of society as a whole.
concept of social evolution is supported by various theories of post-industrial and industrial society.The criteria for the progress they use factors such as the degree of modernization, the level of development in terms of technology, the transformation of science into social productive force.
In the late 19th century and early 20th specialists note a certain triumph of the ideas of social evolution.In the social sphere, it looks very optimistic, manifests the belief that advances in technological and scientific sphere will certainly lead to an improvement in human well-being, as well as to increase the level of public life, bringing humanity will be able to get rid of poverty, ignorance and injustice.
There are theories that reject progress.As a methodological basis of these theories in favor of the adoption of multi-line concept in development.This concept proves the probability and variable nature of the process, denying at the same time social progress and social laws.
One of the first to the concept of denial of Nietzsche spoke.He criticized humanism and rationalism.According to him, any historical truth is an illusion only, and has no knowledge of the social and can not be objectivity.
