Meaning of Life and Destiny Vilena Emmanuilovich Chudnovsky (to the 100th Anniversary of Birth)

Abstract

Aim. The main milestones in the biography of Professor V. E. Chudnovsky, the creator of the original psychological concept of moral stability of the individual and the founder of symposiums on the problems of the psychology of the meaning of life at the Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education, where he worked for more than 50 years, are presented.

Methodology. Based on an analysis of publications by V. E. Chudnovsky and the interview show the growing relevance of the problem of the meaning of life. Results. The analysis of the research conducted confirmed the multidimensionality and complexity of the structure of this phenomenon that he identified, the connection between the meaning of life and other personal formations and the “coefficient” of its beneficial effect.

Theoretical and/or practical significance. The focus of many of Chudnovsky’s books on teachers and university professors, as well as schoolchildren and students - future teachers in terms of awareness of purposeful life orientation and the formation of moral stability of the individual is emphasized.