Spiritual needs - the need for self-expression through creativity

The need for creative activity is one of the needs of the highly developed spiritual and intellectual life of people.
[p.58] Man has long sought to express his thoughts, feelings, experiences in specific tangible images and forms. The need for creativity is the highest form of expression of the human essence, abilities and talents of the individual. Unlike other needs, which are satisfied through the consumption of goods and services created by the labor of other people or nature itself, the need for creative activity is satisfied in the process of this activity itself. In this, the need for creativity is similar to the need for work, which is also realized in the process of work itself (regardless of its scope, specific focus or technical equipment). [p.58]

In our country, satisfaction of the need for creative activity and the very freedom of this activity are constitutionally guaranteed. Article 47 of the USSR Constitution states that citizens of the USSR, in accordance with the goals of communist construction, are guaranteed freedom of scientific, technical and artistic creativity. It is ensured by the widespread development of scientific research, inventive and rationalization activities, and the development of literature and art. The state creates the necessary material conditions for this, provides support to voluntary societies and creative unions, organizes the introduction of inventions and rationalization proposals into the national economy and other spheres of life. [p.58]

It must be emphasized that invention and rationalization as a form of the need for creative activity not only serve to more fully satisfy it, the comprehensive development of the spiritual powers of the individual, but also provide a huge economic effect. In the eleventh five-year plan, for example, it amounted to 36 billion rubles. (almost 2 times more than in the ninth five-year plan), and in 1986 - 8.1 billion rubles. [p.60]

Another direction in the development of needs for creative activity is art and literature. In our country there are numerous professional groups in various fields of performing arts, among which bright individuals have been brought up, whose art is recognized throughout the world. [p.61]

Along with this, amateur art is becoming more and more widespread as a form of development and satisfaction of mass needs for creative activity. At the end of 1986, there were over 700 thousand amateur art clubs, which is 1.6 times more than in 1970. In 1986, 12 million people participated in them, or almost 2 times more than in 1970 In total, 30 million people participated in all groups and amateur artistic circles (including cultural and educational institutions of trade unions in cities and collective farms) in 1986. [p.61]

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Within a business, creativity should be aimed at meeting business needs and most likely manifested in team activities. She differs from the traditional stereotype of a creative individual, driven only by her personal needs for creativity and not at all focused on team achievements. Those who have high values ​​of factors 4 and 10 will be happy to fulfill their need for creativity, enhancing the creative potential of the entire team. They will strive to make team work enjoyable. Our goal is to ensure that the team works effectively, this should be achieved by clearly defining the problem that needs to be solved and ensuring that team members clearly understand the requirements for their work. [p.87]

Those with a high drive for achievement coupled with a low need for creativity tend to achieve accomplishments while moving along a narrow, straight path. Unlike their more creative colleagues, they do not feel the need to take creative risks or look for shortcuts to solve problems. Probably, they should not be involved in those types of activities, the successful implementation of which requires subtle creative intuition. [p.145]

Management based on needs and interests is based on stimulating human activity through his needs and interests. We are talking about basic needs - food, shelter, rest, health, etc. social needs - creative work, family, order and stability, etc., as well as interests - material, social, aesthetic. This U.t. recommended for organizations in small regions (small cities, towns, etc.), where the organization’s activities directly affect the municipal infrastructure. [p.341]

Therefore, we can say that the need of workers for creative activity itself becomes an important factor in the development of Soviet art and literature. [p.61]

The web style of work allows you to better cope with the problem of unpredictability of demand. Companies often have an urgent need for certain specialists that may disappear after some time, so some areas require flexible staffing patterns to cope with such ups and downs. The Internet is allowing more companies to take an approach to managing core business components similar to that of the major Hollywood studios. Finance, marketing, distribution and other ongoing activities are handled by full-time employees, and the number of full-time employees engaged in creative work, that is, the actual creation of films, is small. After the concept of a new film passes the approval stage, the director recruits a large group of people to work on it. At the end of filming, the group disbands. Everyone, from the director and actors to the cameraman and workers, are split up on other projects. [p.144]

The designation of these rights by this term is a kind of tribute to historical tradition. With the development of technological progress and the spread of cultural values, an objective need arises for the recognition and protection of the legitimate interests of individuals who invest money and labor in the field of artistic and technical creativity and are the first to bring new ideas and samples to the attention of society. The development of legal regulation of this sphere of social activity leads to the emergence of various legal theories (theories of natural law, theories of intellectual rights). These theories in one way or another justified the recognition of rights to creative achievements directly by their creators and explained the legal nature of these rights. For these purposes they use [p.44]

Culture The goal is to implement an urban policy that forms a high level of Russian national culture for citizens, providing for the need for cultural and creative activities, with a focus on the youth of the city. [p.75]

Nikolai Alekseevich Voznesensky (1903-1950), being the chairman of the USSR State Planning Committee immediately before and during the Great Patriotic War, combined this work with creative activity. His book The Military Economy of the USSR during the Patriotic War contains extensive factual material useful for understanding the processes of economic development subordinated to the needs of war. The primary statistical material for this work has not yet been made public. [p.155]

Students who prefer a project-based learning style are distinguished by their initiative in relation to the learning situation as a whole. This applies to both the content of the educational material and the learning process. For this category of students, learning is a process that never stops and is best implemented in real activities. They are ready to get involved in various projects, participate in activities in a variety of positions (from performing to creative). They tend to turn a lecture session into a discussion, and fill a business game with many significant nuances. They need to understand as widely and deeply as possible the complex and varied activities for which they are preparing themselves and which, in their opinion, cannot be unambiguously defined in the form of instructions. In addition, students with a project-based learning style are characterized by the need for a personal choice of professional positions and roles, as well as areas that they consider priority and important from the point of view of their own development. Orientation to a project-based learning style can be especially effective in training senior managers, consultants and, of course, teachers. [p.371]

Consideration of the standard of living of the population, based on the degree of satisfaction of needs, allows us to more fully present its characteristics. In this understanding, the standard of living of the population will ultimately be determined based on the satisfaction of the highest need in the hierarchy for self-realization and self-development. Thus, the standard of living will depend on the extent to which conditions for creative activity have been created in society, primarily in science and art. Naturally, basic needs underlie social development; without them it is unthinkable. But at the same time, it is the need for self-realization and self-development that ensures social development; it has made man truly human. [p.493]

There are many definitions of the concept “need”. In them, the main thing, as a rule, is a sign of a lack of something, that is, the concept of need is usually defined through the concept of need. We believe that the concept of need should also include the desire for something, for example, fame, power, creative activity, spiritual perfection. Thus, the above definition can be considered more general than the existing ones. [p.10]

Secondly, Maslow’s books and articles emphasize the relativity of the hierarchy of needs, its dependence on the individuality of people, the goals that they consider basic for themselves. There is no pyramid of needs in any of Maslow's publications. And it’s not just the lack of appropriate drawings. From the meaning of the texts of the founder of humanistic psychology it follows that there cannot be a rigid, uniform hierarchy of needs for everyone. Maslow emphasizes the particular importance of individualizing the structure of needs for those who strive for creative activity. [p.58]

A person’s participation in economic activity is characterized by his needs and the ability to satisfy them, which are determined primarily by the characteristics of labor potential: health, morality, creativity, activity, education, professionalism, organization, and working time resources. Thus, a person in a market economy acts, on the one hand, as a consumer of goods produced by enterprises, and on the other, as the owner of the abilities, knowledge and skills necessary for enterprises, government and public bodies. [p.265]

Our research shows that for individuals with a high need for creativity, monetary reward is usually of little importance as a motivator. If they are hired, they must be given the opportunity and space to be creative in their own way. This means that they need the opportunity to devote themselves to what interests them. It follows that if they do have this quality, then they are hired to work at a university or research institute where the vast majority of the work requires creativity, say, in the field of research or the implementation of large projects. If they do not have outstanding abilities, then the cost of their wages is recouped by using that part of their creativity that has commercial application, or other areas of their work that are not related to creativity. But if you don't give them space for creative activity, they may leave the organization, putting themselves in a financial situation that less creative and creative individuals would call financial ruin. [p.192]

The modern world market is characterized by a constant expansion of commodity circulation due to the deepening of the international division of labor, the development of science and technology, and the growth of social and personal needs. The circle of T. involves increasingly diverse results of labor activity, including not only products in embodied form, but also the fruits of creative intellectual activity in the form of technical documentation, scientific publications, works of literature and art, as well as [p.410]

However, the answer to the question of what costs are necessary remains outside the scope of the definition. For example, there are known difficulties in attributing to free time the costs of fulfilling social duties or realizing the need for social activity. On the one hand, we see the voluntary nature of human participation in the activities of party and public organizations, the creative nature of raising children, communicating with family [p.225]

Intellectual needs are born by the human mind and are associated with his intellectual activity. These are the needs for knowledge of the surrounding world, education, advanced training, various types of creative activities (including amateur creative activities), etc. [p.24]

Each person will voluntarily and consciously participate in production activities, in the creation of those benefits that are necessary for his life and for the well-being of society. All members of society, thanks to the change in the nature of work and the growth of its technical equipment, thanks to a high level of consciousness, will develop an internal need to work voluntarily and according to their inclinations for the public good. People will not be able to live without participating in creative, constructive work, just as they cannot live without air. Working according to your abilities will become a habit, the first vital need of a person. [p.406]

Moral incentives to work are factors that encourage members of society to engage in socially useful activities to realize their needs for work and achieve social goals (outside of the corresponding appropriation of life benefits). The moral stimulus of labor is, first of all, labor itself as a special form of human life; the creative, productive nature of labor generates satisfaction with the achieved result and labor competitiveness. These are creative incentives for work. The actual moral incentives are conscious social and collective goals and objectives, as well as personal prestige associated with the acquisition of a certain professional and social position. [p.222]

Increasing the creative nature of workers’ work is one of the most important functions of engineering and technical personnel. From the very beginning of the formation of a new type of brigade, an objective need arose to satisfy the demands of workers in creative work that was richer in content. This need can be fully realized only with the help of the technical intelligentsia. The transfer of new ideas by engineering and technical workers, joint search and implementation activities with working teams are carried out in different forms. [p.206]

Moral incentives are factors that encourage people to engage in socially useful activities to realize their need for work and its results. in achieving certain social goals. M. s. include various types of public recognition and rewards for achieved high results in the work activities of employees and teams and are aimed at maintaining and developing the labor initiative and creative activity of workers. [p.142]

Unlike the time of the so-called “Red Project”. See Belousov A.R. Formation of the Soviet industrial system // Russia XXI. - 2000. - No. 1. - P. 31. The arguments of A.V. are of interest here and may cause possible controversy. Buzgalin about the simultaneous formation of both material, material needs and “needs for creative activity” in the process of formation of our neo-economics sector. See Formation of the Russian model of a market economy, contradictions and prospects Int. scientific conf. “Lomonosov Readings” April 24-26, 2002 Materials for discussion / Rep. per issue K.A. Khubiev. - M. MAX Press, 2002. - P. 25-33. [p.120]

NEEDS - the need for something necessary to maintain the life of an organism, a person, a social entity. groups, society as a whole, an internal stimulator of activity. There are biol. Human P. caused by metabolism, a necessary prerequisite for the existence of any organism, and social P. subjects (individuals, social groups) and society as a whole, which are formed depending on the level of development of a given society and specific social. conditions of their activities. The source of development of the latter is the relationship between the production and consumption of material and spiritual goods. Satisfaction with relatively elementary, vital P. leads to the generation of new P. and this distinguishes man as a subject of his own historical process, transforming natural and social. environment, from an animal adapting to its environment. The personalities form a sort of hierarchy, at the base of which are the vital traits, and its subsequent levels are social. P., the highest manifestation of which is P. in self-realization, self-affirmation, i.e. in creative activity. When studying human P., the following types are distinguished by spheres of activity: P. labor, cognition, communication, recreation according to the object; P. material and spiritual, ethical, aesthetic, etc. according to their functional role - P. dominant and secondary, central and peripheral, stable and situational according to the subject - P. group, individual, collective, public. [p.265]

GOODS (goods, ommodity) is an economic category, which in its most general form can be defined as a product sold on the market, an object of purchase and sale. The modern world economy is characterized by a constant expansion of commodity circulation in connection with the development of science, technology, and the growth of social and personal needs. The number of goods includes increasingly diverse results of human activity, including not only products in material form, but also the fruits of creative and intellectual activity in the form of technical documentation, scientific publications, works of literature and art, as well as a variety of services and works. At the same time, new, rare T. are usually sold at high prices. The development of mass production is accompanied by a decrease in prices. The most expensive technologies are science-intensive, artistic, and other products that require a lot of mental effort. With the increasing inclusion of natural resources into economic circulation, many of them also acquire the properties of a commodity, becoming an object of purchase and sale with a steady tendency to increase prices for them (land, minerals, wild animals and plants, water, etc.). In foreign trade transactions, it is recommended to accurately and in detail indicate the name of the product that is the object of purchase and sale. [p.226]

Culture of cooperation Open organizational systems. Democratic management form. Participative organizational culture. Forms of organization of joint creative activity predominate. The area of ​​goal determination is the legitimate interests of the majority of the people, with mandatory consideration of the interests of the minority. The type of management is a developing economy, focused on the use of renewable resources, primarily human ones. Equity (cooperative, joint stock) forms of ownership. The power mechanism is the separation of powers (a system of shifts and balances); the main function is to regulate various aspects of social life. The economic mechanism is distribution according to contribution (labor, capital) and redistribution according to socially recognized needs. The main ethical value is the equality of all before the law. The basic moral and psychological principle is humanism. [p.21]

For individuals prone to creative activity, the problem of free time practically does not exist. The creative process itself and its results constitute for them the most desirable good (pleasure), the usefulness of which does not decrease with consumption (within the limits of physical capabilities). Unlike the consumption of material goods, creative activity does not obey the laws of Gossen and Weber-Fechner. These laws also do not apply to the needs for spiritual improvement and most social needs. It is known that there is no such thing as too much fame and power. In particular, a person striving for power experiences constant dissatisfaction with this specific good and seeks “opportunities to expand his sphere of influence. The examples of Stalin and Hitler are especially impressive. [p.70]

NEEDS is one of the fundamental categories of theoretical and applied economics. These are the types of products, goods, services, things, creative activities that people need, that they desire, strive to have and consume, and use the internal stimulator of activity. Needs include not only what benefits people and is essential for life, but also real requests for items that may be harmful to health, but are consumed by people due to established habits and the pleasure and satisfaction they receive. Needs are divided into biological and social, the latter are determined by the social nature of a person. In addition, they are distinguished. satiable and unsatisfiable needs. The unsatisfied include, for example, the need for knowledge, spiritual food, and sometimes the need for money, which is always in short supply. [p.253]

Creativity can be a clear source of recognition. Those who are driven by a high need for recognition and are successful in expressing creativity will find themselves in ideal conditions. They will be self-motivated to a large extent. Their need for recognition will also help them focus their attention on those from whom they expect recognition. In some cases, this can create a problem - they will try to generate ideas to please those from whom they expect recognition, but these ideas may not actually satisfy the needs of the business. In this situation, the need for recognition will begin to limit their creative independence. They will also suffer when the ideas they thought would bring them recognition do not live up to their expectations. Then their creative energy will be spent on gaining recognition, and not on creative activity. [p.123]

Behavior management is a type of creative activity. In Fig. Figure 2.1 shows the structure of motives for human creative activity (the symbol (B) means the interaction of Providence - a set of events that realize the Creator’s plan), the driving force of which is the emerging vital need (Pt), felt by him as a feeling of discomfort, which in turn gives rise to desire (and not always accessible to expression) - the desire to eliminate this feeling. An expressible desire is very important in the technical aspect due to its constructiveness - after all, this is a person’s representation of a method (expressed in the language of phenomena known to him), which, in his opinion, will eliminate the feeling of discomfort; only on its basis can one form a system that fulfills the desire, which is the system management. From Fig. 2.1, the reason and degree of necessity for creating a control system becomes clear, as well as the main paradox of management: the task of management is to satisfy a desire, while the driving motive for management is a need that causes a feeling of discomfort. [p.199]

It is necessary, however, to distinguish between the concepts of labor as the first vital need and the need for labor. If the transformation of labor itself into the first vital need of a person must be prepared by the development of productive forces and production relations, then the need for labor as a social need for meaningful, creative work activity, appropriately paid, really exists among members of a socialist society and requires its satisfaction. Now this need, as noted at the XXVII Congress of the CPSU, is increasingly coming to the fore 4. [p.37]

We fully agree with economists who believe that a single fund for the development of science and technology should be distributed in the process of financing work in proportion to the economically justified optimal costs necessary to implement each stage of technical progress, taking into account the achievement of maximum efficiency per unit of cost at each stage, and in relation to the development of the entire fund as a whole. But, as B. D. Motorygin and P. A. Sedlov quite rightly note, ... accurate accounting of the need for funds is practically impossible due to the lack of possibility of establishing accurate standards for the costs of research, development and development of new technology and the presence of uncertainty in the field of creative activity costs and results of labor 2. [p.46]

Hedonism

The theory of aesthetic pleasure (hedonism) assumes the perception of nature as the main source of pleasure. J. Locke said that terms such as “beauty” and “beautiful”, in the human understanding, designate those objects that “cause feelings of pleasure and joy.” It was the hedonistic approach that contributed to the emergence of artistic and aesthetic needs and led to the emergence of experimental aesthetics.

The founder of this direction is considered to be the psychophysicist G. Fechner. Aesthetic need is considered to be the need to create conditions for obtaining aesthetic pleasure. Ferchner conducted experiments with a group of volunteers, offering them sounds and colors. He systematized the results obtained, as a result of which he was able to establish the “laws” of aesthetic pleasure:

• threshold;
• gain;
• harmony;
• clarity;
• absence of contradictions;
• aesthetic associations.

If the stimulation parameters coincided with natural qualities, a person could experience true pleasure from the natural objects he saw. The theory has found its application in popular culture and industrial design. For example, many people enjoy the appearance of expensive cars, but not everyone has the aesthetic need to consider the works of the German Expressionists.

Empathy theory

This approach consists in the fact that there is a transfer of experiences to certain works of art, as if a person compares himself with them. F. Schiller views art as an opportunity to “transform other people’s feelings into your own experiences.” The process of empathy is intuitive. This theory assumes the satisfaction of aesthetic needs with the help of paintings “created according to rules.”

Modernity

French materials of the late 17th century attached importance to these qualities. Thus, P. Holbach said that with the help of needs a person can control his passions, will, mental abilities, and develop independently. N.G. Chernyshevsky connected needs with the cognitive activity of any person. He was sure that throughout his life a person’s interests and needs change, which is the main factor for constant development and creative activity. Despite serious differences in views, it can be said that there are many similarities in the opinions expressed by scientists. They all recognized the relationship between needs and human activity. Lack causes a desire to change the situation for the better, to find a way to solve the problem. Need can be considered a component of a person’s internal state, a structural element of active activity that is aimed at obtaining the desired result. In his works, Karl Max devoted enough attention to this problem, realizing the importance of explaining the nature of this concept. He noted that it is needs that are the reason for any activity and allow a particular individual to find his place in society. This naturalistic approach is based on the connection between the natural nature of man and a specific historical type of social relations, acting as a link between the needs and nature of man. Only then can we talk about personality, K. Marx believed, when a person is not limited to his own needs, but also interacts with other people.

Philosophers of the ancient world

The thinkers of Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece seriously studied the problem of the needs of other people, and even managed to achieve certain positive results. Democritus defined need as the main driving force that changed the human mind, helped him master speech, language, and acquire the habit of active work. If people did not have such needs, he would remain wild and would not be able to create a developed social society or exist in it. Heraclitus was convinced that they arise depending on living conditions. But the philosopher noted that desires must be reasonable so that a person can improve his intellectual abilities. Plato divided all needs into several groups:

• primary ones, which form the “lower soul”;
• secondary, capable of forming a rational personality.

"Psychology of Art"

L. S. Vygotsky analyzed this problem in his work. He believed that aesthetic needs and human abilities are a special form of socialization of his sensory world. According to the theory outlined in the work “Psychology of Art”, the author is convinced that with the help of works of art one can transform passions, emotions, individual feelings, and turn ignorance into good manners. In this case, a person experiences a state of catharsis, characterized by enlightenment, elimination of contradictions in feelings, and awareness of a new life situation. Thanks to the release of internal tension with the help of works of art, genuine motivation arises for subsequent aesthetic activity. In the process of developing a certain artistic taste, according to Vygotsky, the need for aesthetic education appears. A person is ready to study theory in order to again experience the pleasure of visually studying artistic objects.

With the empirical development of the human personality and changes in society, the attitude towards beauty and the desire to create changed. As a result of progress in different areas of human activity, various achievements of world culture arose. As a result of progress, the artistic and aesthetic needs of man were modernized, and the spiritual image of the individual was adjusted. They influence creative orientation, intelligence, creative direction of activities and aspirations, and attitude towards other people. In the absence of a developed ability for aesthetic perception, humanity will not be able to realize itself in a beautiful and multifaceted world. In this case, it will be impossible to talk about culture. The formation of this quality is possible on the basis of targeted aesthetic education.

Personality culture

Aesthetic consciousness is part of social consciousness, its structural element. It, together with morality, forms the basis of modern society, helps humanity to develop, and has a positive effect on people’s spirituality. In its activity, it manifests itself in the form of a spiritual need, expressing an attitude towards external factors. It is not opposed to aesthetic development, but stimulates a person to be active and helps him put theoretical knowledge into practice.

What is a need

Any living being exists by consuming the goods necessary for life. The basis of this process is need or needs. Let's try to find a definition of this concept. M.P. Ershov in his work “Human Need” states that need is the root cause of life, and this quality is characteristic of all living beings. He considers need to be a certain specific property of living matter, which distinguishes it from the inanimate world.

Opportunity for self-expression

Currently, various options for classifying human needs are used. Epicurus (ancient Greek philosopher) divided them into natural and necessary. If they are not satisfied, people suffer. He called communication with other people necessary needs. In order for a person to realize himself, he needs to make serious efforts. As for splendor, wealth, luxury, it is very problematic to obtain them; only a few succeed. Dostoevsky showed particular interest in this topic. He came up with his own classification, highlighting material goods, without which a normal human life is impossible. Particular attention was paid to the need for consciousness, unification of people, and social needs. Dostoevsky was convinced that his desires, aspirations, and behavior in society directly depend on the level of spiritual development.

Authorship

Abraham Maslow developed his theory on his own, spending a lot of time reading other authors on related topics. As a child, he was one of the best students in his school, later he entered law school in New York, but after his first year he left this institution. Later he moved to Cornell University, where he began studying psychology under the guidance of Edward Titchener.

Maslow's classification of needs was the fruit of many years of work that he conducted independently. But it is worth noting that the psychologist’s work was influenced by many famous personalities whom he knew personally: John, Watson, Alfred Adler, Margaret Mead, Erich Fromm and others.

Need levels table

In general, human needs according to Maslow can be expressed in the following table:

Typically, this data is depicted in the form of a pyramid, so it is more visual and understandable.