The anthropological views of A. Maslow: the concept of man

The article discusses the concept of man, developed by the famous American psychologist A. Maslow. He argued that the concept of man can be built based on psychology and laid the foundation for psychological anthropology. He revealed the inner world of man and his features, such as self-identity and integrity. Maslow presented his view on the correlation between the biological and the social in man. He rejected the vision of the inner world of man as determined only by the social. Exploring the animalistic nature of human beings, Maslow showed the role of instincts in the realization of man. Knitting together needs, instincts and the unconscious allowed him to reveal different ways of human existence. Maslow managed to lay a chain of connections from human needs to human experiences and through their analysis to characterize the spiritual in human life, thereby disclosing the interaction of the natural and the spiritual in life. Maslow also disclosed the meaning of the highest values of a human being and concluded that the spiritual world belongs to the inner nature of man. He showed that human experiences determine the quality of his being. The psychologist analyzed the "peak of experiences" and their structure and revealed the sacred nature of man, the essence of religion and put forward the idea of cosmic consciousness.