Tragedy of homo faber and hopes of homo humanus

Abstract

The article discusses the role of Homo Faber’s human labor in the development of
civilization, the development of a human himself as a thinking being (Homo sapiens). The fact of the
deep crisis of Homo Faber, fixed in fiction and philosophical studies, is stated. The attempts of
representatives of the “school of human relations” to intensify the motivation and creative activity
of Homo Faber are analyzed. The factors of modern production that contribute to the destruction of
the spirituality of the individual and the degradation of Homo Faber are revealed. The possibilities
of his spiritual development, concluded in the model of Homo Humanus, giving hope to Homo
Faber for a better destiny, are considered.
Possible ways of development of Homo Faber are explored: the use of personality selfdevelopment
resources, human adaptation to civilized tectonic shifts, as well as the variant of
managing human evolution. The strategy of evolutionary change includes: the goal that is to form
Homo Spiritus (spiritual man), as the highest form of Homo Humanus. It determines the choice of
means of managerial influence - using a powerful arsenal of education, science and modern
technology, allowing significant expansion of space exploration, the microworld, consciousness
and, having received innovative knowledge about the world, to cause cathartic processes in the
human soul, to form the desire for spiritual ascent.
The process of influencing on human consciousness is planned to be carried out taking into
account the main stages of spiritual self-development definition. Thus, at the stage of a person
formation – to bring up spiritual qualities (curiosity, cordiality and diligence), at the stage of
personality formation - spiritual (openness to the world, intelligence and creativity). At the stage of
self-assertion in life, to achieve the integration of the processes of increasing the plasticity of a
personality, as an ability to manifest a state of spirituality in various spheres of being, and spiritual
concentration, as the depth of the world perception. At the stage of self-realization of the
personality, to support the desire for transcendence and the fullness of self-expression. Using the
principles of the concept of continuous development and relying on the arsenal of the possibilities
of the lifelong concept of lifelong education affirmed in society, to counteract the spiritual
degradation of the individual.
Aiming to intensify aspirations in spiritual self-development, the author suggests studying the
academic discipline “Fundamentals of Human Evolution”, the content of which consists of interrelated sections, each of which is intended to ensure the emergence of a certain modification of
the spiritual image of the personality: Homo wondering (person surprising, revealed to the world),
Intelligent Populous (person of intelligent), organically combining Homo Cogitate (a person
capable of deep reflective critical thinking) and Homo Responsible (a person in charge), Homo
Inspired (human inspired to create), creating together the image of a human of spiritual noospheric
future – Homo Spiritus.