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Кряж И.В. Ценностные смыслы природы в контексте развития природоохранного
движения // Актуальні проблеми психології. Збірник наукових праць Інституту психології
ім. Г.С.Костюка НАПН України. / за ред.Максименка С.Д. – Житомир: “Вид-во ЖДУ ім. І.
Франка”, 2010. – Т.7, вип.24. – С.151-159.
УДК 159.9:504.05
Кряж И.В.
ЦЕННОСТНЫЕ СМЫСЛЫ ПРИРОДЫ В КОНТЕКСТЕ РАЗВИТИЯ
ПРИРОДООХРАННОГО ДВИЖЕНИЯ
Kryazh I.V. The nature as value in context of conservation movement
Abstract. From positions of conservation psychology the movement for nature protection is
considered. An analysis of the value meanings of nature which were expressed in the discourse
and actions of leaders of the conservation movement (nature conservation) since the middle of
the XIX century is conducted. From the first steps, the nature protection movement was
connected with the semantic opposition, expressed in the opposite value orientations of
conservationists. Transcendental, spiritual meanings of wilderness supplemented by its aesthetic
and symbolic meaning have been opposed to the consumer, commodity sense of natural
resources. Recreational meanings of nature can be a manifestation of the economic value of
nature and serve as a psychological basis for the import of nature as a fashionable commodity.
The factor determining the comprehension of nature as the industrial society value has been
anthropogenic environmental changes that threaten the wellbeing of this society. However, the
public recognition of the need to preserve nature as an indispensable condition for sustainable
development occurred much later, when the negative effects of industrial growth manifested
themselves in the form of systemic ecological changes. It is shown, that nature preservation is
the instrumental value which meanings reveals in the general vital context and can be defined by
various terminal values: spiritual, aesthetic, economic, scientific, recreational, safety. The factor
defining the nature as value of an industrial society is the anthropogenic ecological changes
bearing threats for the society.
Keywords: values of nature, wildlife management, history of nature’s conservation