THE HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF VOLUNTEERING IN RUSSIA AND ABROAD: A SOCIO-PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS
E. V. Shtark, N. V. Komova, M. M. Anisimov
Professor V. F. Voyno-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 1, Partizana Zheleznyaka St., Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 660022
Keywords: добровольчество, волонтерство, альтруизм, народничество, подвижничество, добро, благо, взаимопомощь, нравственность, сострадание, бескорыстие, благотворительность, volunteering, volunteering, altruism, populism, spiritual, good, benefit, mutual aid, moral, compassion, unselfishness, charity
Abstract
The article is devoted to the study of the history of the origin and development of volunteering in Russia and abroad. The authors raise a very relevant to the present day problem. Modern society is experiencing an acute need for teamwork, mutual aid, compassion, selfless help to others - all these qualities are an integral part of volunteering. Volunteering at the present time is one of the most popular types of volunteer work. Selfless service to the humane interests of the people takes many forms, is manifested as an aid at the local, national and international levels. Today, the volunteer organizations exist in over 80 countries. In the nineties of the XX century, in this activity there was involved nearly half of the citizens in the United States and European countries. To date, the total number of volunteers in Russia accounts for only 2% of the population; however, volunteering in Russia is being reborn. The article gives a comparative analysis of the development of volunteerism in Russia and the world, the concept of «volunteering», specifics, significance and problems of development of this phenomenon in Russia. The authors consider the volunteer activities necessary for a full spiritual development of modern society.
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