Theoretical Reflection of the Problems of Correlation of Social Ideals and Political Interests

The article explores the theoretical reflection of the ratio of social ideals and political interests. The main approaches to the motivation of political activity and ideas about the most perfect social systemare highlighted. The scientific heritage of K. Marx and K. Mannheim is analyzed in detail on this issue and it is determined that large social groups (classes) present their interests in the form of ideals, or,in other words, social values and ideals are a concentrated expression (incl. and political) class interests. It is proved that ideas about social ideals and political interests have always been determined historically, being formed under the direct influence of the most important events in the international arena and the main domestic political trends. Thus, one can speak not only about theinterdependence of socio-political processes and knowledge about them, when theoretical ideas about society are a kind of reflection of its state and structure, and on the other hand, social relations appear to be objective knowledge about them (i.e., an empirical embodiment of ideas and concepts), but also about the synchronized dynamics of the evolution of social theory and historical practice, when scientific ideas develop in parallel with real social changes, creating two parallel dynamics – the intellectual and factual.