THE IMAGE OF A PERSON AS A FUNDAMENTAL CATEGORYOF PEDAGOGY

Abstract

The article explores the phenomenon of the image (definiteness) of human spirituality. The
image is interpreted as the existence in human nature of the original universal spiritual
intentions. The image and its personalization (the "human self") is understood as a self-aware
determinateness of the universe, characterized by both immutability and infinite expansion. The
image of spirituality is considered as a methodological reference point in education. Noninterference in the process of revealing a person's spirituality, rejection of rationally targeted
realities in education, maintaining the understanding of the human "Self", cognition of oneself as
a universal spirituality, the formation of a special value-semantic environment for the disclosure
of human definiteness are the distinctive features of the presented concept of education.The
methodology of the article is the substrate-idealistic reflection of A. A. Gagaev.