IMPACT OF POVERTY AS A SOCIAL PHENOMENON ON THE WORLDVIEW OF PEOPLE IN MODERN CONDITIONS OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (SOCIAL AND PHILIOSOPHICAL ANALISIS)

The relevance of the research is determined by the fact that the current stage of development of societies can be characterized as a transitional state, characterized by variability, multifactorial nature, inconsistency of all the processes, and especially ideological ones. At the same time, the main obstacle for development of both individual societies and humanity as a whole is poverty, which leads to other global problems. Therefore, the study of the characteristics of the modern people worldview in a state of poverty is relevant. The aim of this study is to determine the impact of poverty as a social phenomenon of societies in transition on the worldview of people. The categories of population of modern societies, which according to sociological assessments are poor, determine the area of study. Methods. Through a socio-philosophical analysis, it becomes clear how property of a world view represents the greatest obstacle in the conditions of the modern transitional state of society development. The worldview features of the poor are considered in the aspect of the subject's relation to the object; features of the interpretation of their own plight, characteristic of the poor strata of society. A socio-philosophical analysis of the life strategies of people in the situation of poverty is carried out. When implementing socio-philosophical reflection the author relies on the data of sociological research, taking their assessment as proven. The author applies as well the method of comparative analysis of the author’s position of sociologists; «Polydiscursive» methodology and methodological «principle of participatory thinking». Results. It was found that deprivation is the most dangerous subject-object relation; it develops alternative means of adaptation to reality. The poor, without the help of society, cannot break out of poverty, since it is not a stimulator of the development of new productive strategies for action.