The concept of social needs in the aspects of philosophical and sociological knowledge

The paper deals with the concept of social needs and the problems in this regard. The relevance of this topic is related to the fact that social needs are a crucial factor that determines the direction for social and economic transformations of the society. The research on modalities of social needs is an important milestone in the effective management of sociocultural processes. The concept of social needs is determined from the philosophical and sociological perspective. According to philosophers, social needs are treated as the cultural capital of an individual manifested in his social activities. The subject is a person who has a certain system of cultural preferences and is free to do the targeted social activities to meet his own needs. In sociology, social needs are addressed in the context of relationships among individuals in society. Social needs are characterized by communication, creativity, recognition.