Ambivalent features of the genius in philosophical conceptualization

Abstract

A high rate of specialization and elitist can be understood as a feature of modern art. The level of creative power needs and energy, which is required for professional work, is outside the professional creativity of the main part of people in most areas of human culture. So, the creative person often has excessed his/her energy potential. Such excess creates the adaptive behavior. And this, in its turn, gives the rise to antagonism, conflict, rejection, and sometimes to the open struggle of such person with the society, which sometimes leads to tragic consequences. Ambivalent manifestation of the creative personality has been investigated in the article as the key not only for understanding the dynamics of social and historical processes and prospects of development of the individual, but also for understanding the specifics of the implementation of human activities that do not fit into the traditional norms and standards of conduct. The role of art as a form of productive activity has been studied in the article. It is inherent in all forms of human activity and is manifested in the independence of thought, originality of propositions and innovative initiative. Category of creativity is a key not only for understanding the dynamics of social and historical processes and prospects of the development of the individual, but also for understanding the specifics of the innovation of human activities that do not fit to the traditional norms and standards of conduct. The diversity and multidimensionality of art as a social phenomenon leads to a variety of social consequences; the creativity, which is embodied in different forms, is not only creative, but sometimes ambivalent manifestation. Ambivalent manifestation of creativity has to have in it an element of the destruction, necessary for the destruction of the obsolete conservative phenomena and the approval of a new, progressive, significantly expanding the existing borders of reality. This process is dialectical in nature, so its effects may lead to negative social manifestations.

Keywords

• геній
• творчість
• амбівалентність
• творча особистість