PROPERTY AS A CONCEPT OF HUMAN SELF-CONSTRUAL IN MASS SOCIETY

Abstract

The article proposes a philosophical reconsideration of property as a concept that defines the conditions of human self-construal within mass society. At the center of analysis is the conflict between the individual’s aspiration for uniqueness and the pressure of social unification. Property is presented as a key structure that enables the subject to preserve the boundaries of the self, sustain autonomy, and create symbolic distance from institutional regulation. It serves as an interface between personal freedom and mechanisms of structured social integration.
The paper outlines how historical forms of property evolve into formalized, mass-oriented, and digital structures that reshape the terms of social identification. The study is grounded in the Aristotelian understanding of the human being as a political creature that requires a space of belonging for self-realization. Property is shown to organize not only the division between private and public, but also the structure of identity itself.
The novelty of the research lies in framing property as a philosophical concept of self-construal. It is interpreted as a symbolic condition for subjective coherence and a mode of integration into the social order without surrendering autonomy. The article opens a perspective for further analysis of property as a philosophical medium for articulating the limits of the self under the conditions of mass society.