SEMANTICS OF THE PHENOMENON “PASSIONATION” IN RESEARCH IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

Abstract

The article considers the concept of “passionаtion”, analyzes it and its derivative concepts, presented in the studies of domestic and foreign scientists in the field of psychology, sociology, pedagogy and other humanities. With the help of comparative analysis and content analysis, the author deepens the understanding of the phenomenon of passion, its place and significance as a concept in the scientific literature; critical approaches to its use are evaluated. It has been demonstrated that passion as a phenomenon should be considered not only a biological phenomenon, but also a sociological, socio-pedagogical, and psychological one. In the modern sense, the category of “passionаtion” in the socio-philosophical dimension should be defined as a psychological factor that influences the formation of a leader. In the psychological dimension, it is an irresistible inner desire of an individual towards an activity, aimed at achieving a certain goal. The author emphasizes that the term “passion” has gone beyond the theory of ethnogenesis formulated by L. Gumilev. This term has ceased to characterize exclusively the processes of development of ethnic groups, it has been applied to narrow groups of people, individuals and to certain manifestations of their behavior. The author’s own definition of the concept of “passionаtion” is presented – it is a behavioral trait that determines the desire for active social activity, as a result of which a passionate personality, ignoring the risk and danger, cannot help but undertake actions that change his or her social environment. It is concluded that the concept of “passionаtion” has permeated the interdisciplinary space and firmly established itself there, having acquired the status of an interdisciplinary category. The article contains prospects for further study of the problem of using the concept of passionаtion in scientific circulation.