THE INVOLUNTARY IMAGE OF PEACE AND THE LEGITIMACY OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS: ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM
Creators: name: Kolin Yu.
Publisher: name: Norwegian Journal of Development of the International Science
Year: 2022
Subjects: mass consciousness
image of the world
involuntary image of the world
manipulation of mass consciousness
mass media
principles of legitimacy of political institutions
social system
vertical social mobility

description: The article analyzes the aspects of the formation of the image of the world in the context of considering the mass consciousness as a sovereign structure. The decrease in trust in the institutions of power and the formation of the image of virtual reality in the mass consciousness is considered in the context of the dynamics of changes in the level of openness in the social structure of society. The article provides a definition of the phenomenon of an involuntary image of the world as one of the criteria for the modification of mass consciousness under the influence of the media broadcasting a virtual image of the world. Research methodology. The basis of the research is the concepts of the image of the world presented by A. Leontiev, V. Serkin, the theory of mentality of generations by V. Pishchik, the concept of mass consciousness by A. Panarin and S. Kara-Murza. In the course of the analysis, the image of the world is considered as the basic structure of mass consciousness as a sovereign system, the development of which is determined by a set of its own patterns that exist within the framework of the continuity of the collective experience of society. Within the framework of this article, the ap-proach to mass consciousness as a sovereign structure is opposed to research approaches that consider mass con-sciousness as a non-sovereign structure, formed as a result of media influences and completely dependent on ex-ternal factors. Special attention is paid to the process of de-legitimization of power institutions in the last years of the exist-ence of the USSR, as well as in the first years of the transition to a market economy. This is necessary to analyze the processes of degradation of the social system characteristic of this period, as well as the activities of the media, which during this period began to form a new image of the world, which determines the further vector of devel-opment of society. The reason for the limitation of the sources used by documents and studies for 1992-1996 is explained by the specific tasks of the study, which are as follows: to analyze the reaction of mass consciousness to the obvious illegitimacy of the official image of the world, which was formed both during the collapse of the USSR and in the first years of the transition of the Russian Federation to a capitalist society. The study puts forward the following hypothesis: the inadequacy of the official image of the world and, as a result, the delegitimization of the institutions of power is a consequence of the deformation of the social system and a truncated perception of historical heritage within the framework of ideological dogmas. The criterion for the delegitimization of the official image of the world and political institutions is the rapid development of unofficial channels for transmitting information, as well as the growth in the intensity of the circulation of rumors as a crite-rion for reducing the reflectivity and polarization of mass consciousness. The formation of a spontaneously organized involuntary image of the world has become a natural reaction of the mass consciousness to the inadequacy of the picture of the world represented by the existing institutions of power. It should be noted that there is a direct connection between the process of delegitimization of state power and its institutions, as well as the active development of unofficial channels of information, which is a consequence of the isolation and closeness of the social system, the lack of effective mechanisms of vertical social mobility in it. A low level of vertical social mobility as a criterion for the closeness of a social system and, as a result, the formation of a closed higher social group that acts within the framework of narrow group interests, destabilizes the social system and destroys the mass consciousness of society. The novelty of the study lies in the consideration of a spontaneously organized involuntary image of the world as a manifestation of the sovereignty of mass consciousness, its own laws of its development. The delegitimization of the official image of the world and, as a result, of political institutions is explained by the closeness of the social system and the sequestered perception of historical heritage within the framework of ideological dogmas. This work is based on the studies of the phenomenon of the image of the world by A. Leontiev, A. Makovsky, V. Serkin, A. Stetsenko and V. Rozin. Particular emphasis in the work is placed on the consideration of the features of mass consciousness characteristic of Russian society in the period from 1992 to 1996, when the transition from socialist to capitalist society was carried out. Additionally, value judgments of Russian researchers and politicians are given, describing the features of this historical period.