Abstract ◊ The article covers the problem of social interests, i.e. of the goads of people’s activity and public relations. The general theory of social interests will let us comprehend the essence and content of social interests. The author suggests to consider this theory as a methodological basis (or one of the bases) for the scientific cognition of social phenomena and the social sciences that study these phenomena.
Keywords: social theory, social interests, methodology, social relations.
Lavrinenko Vladimir Nikolaevich, Doctor of Science (philosophy), professor, member of the Thesis Board Д 521.004.03 at Moscow University for the Humanities, member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, honourary worker of the higher vocational education of the Russian Federation. Tel.: +7 (499) 374-51-11. E-mail:
Citation: Lavrinenko V. N. Metodologicheskoe znachenie teorii sotsial'nykh interesov v issledovanii sovremennykh obshchestvennykh iavlenii // Znanie. Ponimanie. Umenie. 2012. № 1. S. 38–43.
