The conflict of person and society as extreme form of developing of the social oppositeness between them

The article gives a socio-philosophical analysis of the conflict of individual and society in terms of manifestations of sharp forms of social oppositeness. The author notes that the interests of social groups cannot only coincide with the interests of individuals, but also to confront them, having target oppositeness. The group cannot exist without individuals (persons) and their functional interaction. At the same time, it acts as additional opposition to its members, but usually not as something antagonistic. Conflicts between individuals and social groups arise partly as a way of resolving the antagonistic contradictions, partly because of the internal contradictions in an individual. One always has more interests than able to satisfy any of the groups that he belongs to. The author gives the definition of “interest”, analyzes its difference from the “needs” and “wants” of an individual.