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This article looks at the central problem of social philosophy: uncovering the essence of the society, focuses attention on the problems of determination of further perspective of social-philosophical research which are encountered by each philosophers in the modern period. The specific issue of consideration in the article is leadership as a social phenomenon and especially youth social leadership. These problems are very topical for social philosophy and also a number of other sciences such as political science, sociology and social psychology. Article describes the results of research of the process of formation of basic ethical, political and social values of youth in the so-called formative period, explores the youth social leader and his dominant role in youth social group activity, in choice of direction of its evolution and especially socialization of youth social group and its members. A generalized portrait of the youth social leader is given, philosophical approaches to the social leadership typology, conceptual definition «social» and «social relationship» are considered. Author makes an attempt of his own interpretation of definition of the «social».