Karaban O. The phenomenon of individual civic activity: social and philosophical analysis

The phenomenon of civic activity is a key element of political, legal and social scientific discourses and is an actual scientific problem of Ukrainian social philosophy. Socio and philosophical study of this phenomenon has the potential to formulate theoretical instruction or prognoses for strengthening the ideals of civil society in our country. This study is a potential source for finding of effective practical recommendations when the real social practices of civil society get theoretically grounded character. The phenomenon of civic activity remains almost unexplored field in social philosophy and sources of civic activity are not explored systematically. The challenges of globalization are not identified to civic activity are unexplored too. In this thesis conceptualization of civil activity of the individual is performed in the context of modern social and philosophical issues. The study author managed to consider civil society as the space for realization of public activity space personality. Author revealed the sources of development of individual civic activity at the modern Ukrainian society. One analyzed the potential of family education in shaping of individual principles of civic activity and investigated the processes of civic activity development by means of educational impact. The author substantiated the role of cultural factors in shaping of civic activity and considered the impact on contemporary social transformations regarding civic activity. It is also analyzed the potential of the Revolution of Dignity as a factor of the individual civic activity development and justified the philosophical paradigm of civic activity of Ukrainian society.