Axiological Foundations of the Social Participation Risks in the Context of Globalization

Abstract

This article is devoted to the analyses of the nature of contradictions specific for the process of self-organization of the world super-system at the present stage of its development. The emphasis is made on fundamental anthropological and social risks caused by the growing mismatch between the essential human needs and social requests for specific human qualities. The authors disclose the reasons for the decline of social responsibility of individuals, increasing unintentionality in constructing social reality, offer a strategy to overcome the contradictions of the globalized world by building an hierarchy of values, the core of which are the existential values.