Zorina E.V. Philosophy of Ownership: Traditions and Modern Age

Abstract: The subject of the study is the rational reconstruction of a meaningful sense of ownership in the category of European social studies and philosophy. Particular attention is given to clarify the scope of "philosophy of economy", "philosophy of economy", "property" and "ownership". Zorina reveals the development logic and socio-cultural environment of philosophical projects of ownership at different periods in history. The researcher also differentiated scenarios and policy approaches to the philosophical concept of ownership the difference between which shows the objectives and specificity of changes in the concept of ownership. Tradition and modern concepts of ownership are analyzed from the point of view of their unity and specific features. In her research Zorina has used the methods of rational reconstruction, comparative philosophy and systems analysis. Rational reconstruction has provided for the understanding of the ideas of ownership in the history of social studies and philosophy; comparative method has allowed to compare traditional and modern definitions of ownership; systems approach has helped to justify the unity of the ontological and epistemological aspects of the phenomenon of ownership. The main conclusions made within the framework of the current hypothesis are the following. Firstly, philosophical definition of ownership that appeared before the economic definition has distinct rational and value attributes. Secondly, the tendency to change definitions of ownership was caused by global and technology factors, and thus included the non-economic context as well. Thirdly, ownership as a theoretical phenomenon of the modern civilization exhausts traditional development resources and raises the problem of transformation of the post-global world. 

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