Socio-Philosophical Analysis of a Person's Life Path: an Activity-Based Approach

The purpose of the article is a socio-philosophical conceptualization of a person's life path within the framework of an activity-based approach. The relevance of the research is justified by the growing interest in determining the life path of an individual at the state and personal levels. In the first case, trends related to the consolidation of value and moral foundations such as "creative work" and "collectivism" are revealed; in the second case, the need for new interpretations is revealed against the background of the identification of a person's movement in the social space with his career. When analyzing the life path of a personality from the perspective of an activity approach, materials from such researchers as K. Marx, G.S. Batishchev, K.H. Momjian are used. Based on the criteria of the subject of activity, movement, and the "beginning" and "end" points, it is determined that a person's life path turns out to be a product of human activity, as a result of which he realizes his creative potential in work as a person, transforming himself and social reality into the time interval between his inclusion and exclusion from the activity process. The article highlights the features of an active personality as a subject of a person's life path, identifies two types of life paths — authentic and inauthentic, the construction of which is associated with overcoming or not overcoming alienation of a person in society, and also characterizes the time limits of a person's life path. The indicated potential of an activity-based approach to the life path of a personality in social philosophy allows us to apply the results obtained for further analysis of the processes of modern Russian society.