scholarly journals Karl Popper about Totalitarianism: Ideas and Practices

2018 ◽  
pp. 25-40
Author(s):  
Walentyn N. Wandyszew
Keyword(s):  
Banking Sector ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Consumer Society ◽  
Karl Popper ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Ruling Elite ◽  
Mass Society ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Scientific Principles ◽  
Society Today

The aim of this article is to present the abovementioned events in Ukraine showed how the understanding o f them and experiencing o f the particular crisis situation can lead to the conditions when people start protesting against the ongoing socio-economic and political changes. Certainly, cultural, ethnic and religious identities have considerable importance. The author shows that Karl Popper was a witness of birth, adoption and death o f the totalitarian states o f the twentieth century, based on fascism and communism. He, as a thoughtful and observant scientist, fundamentally and profoundly studied the essence of Plato’s totalitarianism in Charmides. The scientific principles and scrupulosity o f Karl Popper also manifested in the fact that he repeatedly revised his study Open Society and Its Enemies, which was published in 1945, during more than two decades. Present media, subordinated to the creators o f new concepts and meanings and to the invisible fathers of netocracy, have already captured many of the commanding heights o f public life. And the modern censorship is focused not on blocking some messages or content, but on the promotion o f such messages and meanings, which deprive the consumer from the ability to know what is happening in the banking sector and infrastructural spheres of public life. Values o f the consumer society, still being imposed to a mass society, today, do not meet the spirit o f time. Thus, the world is still in between the past and the future, because authoritarianism and totalitarianism remain unresolved phenomena and these phenomena are aggressive and disguise themselves actively, using media resources. It is evident that the ruling elite o f the Russian society has set out to restore the former empire.

All mod cons ?

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 459-480
Author(s):  
Graham H. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
Market Economy ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Consumer Society ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Society Today ◽  
Russian Identity

In our paper we propose a typology of the different ways in which the theme of consumption and the consumer society is treated in contemporary Russian literature. Some writers, of whom Oksana Robski is perhaps the best known, view consumption as something entirely positive, as a way for an individual (and especially a woman) to affirm their social identity. Others, such as Sergei Minaev and Viktor Pelevin, directly attack consumerism for the manner in which it has produced a spiritual void in Russian society today. A third group of writers, such as Zakhar Prilepin and Dmitry Bykov, criticise consumerism indirectly, by showing characters who are more or less violently opposed to the new society. Finally, novelists such as Ol’ga Slavnikova, Vladimir Sorokin and Mikhail Elizarov, do not evoke consumerism explicitly, but instead use metaphor to evoke the absence of basic human values in the new market economy. In today’s Russia, consumption has become the focus of a bitter struggle between different views of human nature, of society, and perhaps most importantly, of Russian identity itself. Nowhere is this struggle more clearly portrayed than in the pages of contemporary Russian literature.

Features of accounting for wages and insurance premiums in agricultural organizations on the example of an enterprise in the Republic of Mordovia

2020 ◽  
pp. 32-38
Author(s):  
Yulia Myrksina
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Effective Protection ◽  
Social Transformations ◽  
Insurance Premiums ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Republic

Russian society is currently going through a difficult period of economic and social transformations. This requires tremendous efforts in all spheres of public life, namely in the field of legal support for reforms, the creation of legislation that meets the new socio-economic conditions and allows for the effective protection of citizens’ rights. Social security of the population of the Russian Federation is one of the most urgent tasks in our country, among which the problem of pension provision is in the first place.

Rifts in Russian Society Today

2000 ◽  
Vol 27 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 17-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeev Katz
Keyword(s):  
Russian Society ◽  
Society Today

Patriotic education of staff penitentiary system in contemporary conditions

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Алексей Михайлов ◽  
Aleksey Mikhaylov ◽  
Евгений Шишкин ◽  
Evgeniy Shishkin
Keyword(s):  
Creative Process ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Public Life ◽  
The State ◽  
Regional Studies ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
The Public ◽  
Civil Responsibility ◽  
Patriotic Education

The article reveals the peculiarities of patriotic education of penitentiary staff in the conditions of reforming. Conceptual aspects of the term "patriotism" of its content and direction.As part of patriotic education is the development of Russian society of high social activity, civil responsibility, spirituality, formation of citizens with positive values and qualities that can manifest them in the creative process in the interests of the Motherland, strengthening the state, ensuring its vital interests and sustainable development.The goals of patriotic education of Russian citizens through more specific objectives, taking into account the specifics of subjects and objects of education, the environment in which it is carried out, the characteristics of their solutions in the economic, social, legal, political, cultural and other spheres. The content and focus of patriotism are determined, above all, spiritual and moral climate of society, its historical roots, feeding the public life of generations. The article also discloses the most meaningful actual directions of patriotic education of employees of the penitentiary system: the spiritual and moral, historical and regional studies, civil-patriotic, social, patriotic, military, patriotic, heroic and patriotic, sports and patriotic.

Rural Ambivalence Toward Mass Society: Evidence from the U.S. Parcel Post Debates, 1900–1913

Rural History ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard B. Kielbowicz
Keyword(s):  
Mass Culture ◽  
Consumer Choice ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Turn Of The Century ◽  
Consumer Society ◽  
Mass Society ◽  
Production And Distribution ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Cost

For rural Americans, the debate over establishing a parcel post evoked all the hopes and anxieties associated with the expansion of mass society at the turn of the century. Parcel post, today an accepted and seemingly inconsequential government service, was originally seen as a linchpin in the emerging industry of mass culture. The media of mass communication advertised products and ran stories acclimating readers to a consumer society, thereby encouraging demand for mass-produced goods that were distributed, finally, by parcel post. Opponents of parcel post foresaw a decline of small towns, a centralization of production and distribution, a disruption of the ‘natural’ relations among labor, retailers, and consumers, and the aggrandizement of urban culture. At the other extreme, proponents claimed that parcel post would increase consumer choice, reduce the cost of living, and bridge the widening chasm between urban and rural life. Thus, the simple act of carrying a parcel from Chicago to a farmer's lane became freighted with a panoply of issues agitating the nation.

scholarly journals Oblicza człowieka masowego — od totalitaryzmu do konsumpcjonizmu

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-272
Author(s):  
Jacek Kaczor
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Consumer Goods ◽  
Consumer Society ◽  
Social Phenomenon ◽  
Mass Society ◽  
Specific Community ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Masses ◽  
The Relationship

The article presents two figures of mass society that emerged in the twentieth century. The former revealed itself in the era of totalitarianism, while the latter resulted in the emergence of a consumer society. Neither of these figures are a necessary consequence of the processes leading to the rise of the masses as a social phenomenon. They have been created as a result of specific historical conditions. Consequently, mass society can take on any of these forms. They are also not disjoint, which means that authoritarian attitudes and consumer behavior can occur simultaneously. The relationship between the described attitudes adopted by the mass man occurs at the level of their attitude to freedom and democratic institutions. Modernity has resulted in the fact that the individual cannot cope with the freedom they gained as a result of being freed from tradition and religion. If they cannot free themselves an authority to show them how to live. This authority may also be of a group nature. Belonging to a specific community gives an individual a sense of bond and security. Freedom in a consumer society is primarily the freedom to choose consumer goods. In any case, democracy is not a valued form of managing society. Before the rise of totalitarianism, it did not ensure sufficient coherence and a sense of participation. At the same time, in the consumer society, its basic procedures began to trivialize and become part of marketing mechanisms.

scholarly journals Институт волонтерства в России: страницы истории и современные тенденции развития

2019 ◽  
pp. 142-145
Author(s):  
L.I. Starovoitova
Keyword(s):  
Public Life ◽  
Organizational Forms ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Historical Experience ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Main Emphasis ◽  
Historical Periods ◽  
Modern Russian

В условиях современных общекультурных, социально-экономических, политических процессов крайне востребован уникальный исторический опыт общественной самоорганизации и добровольческого движения России, формировавшегося в разные исторические периоды, обусловившие конкретные организационные формы, содержание и направления деятельности. Автором рецензируемой монографии представлено целостное и глубокое исследование сложившейся отечественной модели добровольческого движения. Изучение этого уникального исторического опыта общественной самоорганизации и добровольческого труда базируется на привлечении значительных центральных и региональных архивных материалов, а также других документов. Основной акцент в монографии сделан на социально-исторических чертах развития добровольчества в нашей стране, анализе деятельности волонтеров в различных сферах и областях общественной жизни современного Российского общества.In the context of modern general cultural, socioeconomic and political processes, the unique historical experience of Russias social selforganization and volunteering movement, which was formed in different historical periods that determined specific organizational forms, content and areas of activity, is extremely relevant. The author of the book under review presents a holistic and indepth study of the current domestic model of the volunteering movement. The study is based on the use of a bulk of archival and other documentary materials. The main emphasis in the book is placed on the sociohistorical features of the development of volunteering in Russia and on the analysis of the activities of volunteers in various spheres and areas of public life of modern Russian society.

scholarly journals Politics in the Non-Political: The Ideology of Constitutional Reforms in Professional Congresses in the Early 20th Century

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia Tumanova ◽  
Alexander Safonov
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Social History ◽  
Russian Revolution ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Ruling Elite ◽  
Political Class ◽  
Political Transformations ◽  
History Of

This article considers congresses organised by representatives of various professions (technicians, doctors, teachers) on the eve of the First Russian Revolution. Based on documents from the four most important and populous public meetings, the authors conclude that they turned into a meeting place for non-zemstvo intellectuals with public figures from the zemstvo movement, which led to the emergence of a political class. The purpose of this article is to describe the evolution that the congresses underwent based on the analysis of congress documents (meeting records, reports, resolutions, etc.), periodicals, and political investigations covering their work. It is demonstrated that congresses ceased to be reviews of achievements of certain branches of the national economy (science and technology, medicine, and public education), which were meant to confirm the recognition of their significance by the state. Instead, they turned into demonstrations of the independent position of professional figures on issues of professional and socio-political agenda, into channels for mobilising public opinion in the direction of constitutional reform of the autocratic system and ideological preparation for the First Russian Revolution. The congresses promoted the involvement of the community outside the zemstvo in transforming the bureaucratic system into a legal state and class-based Russian society into civil society. On the eve of 1905, public congresses were an important milestone in the development of the liberation movement in Russia and symbolised its transition to so-called “new liberalism”. It was characterised by overcoming the monopoly position of zemstvo activists in the liberal movement and involving various professional groups in Russian society, mobilising public opinion to discuss public participation in political decision-making. According to the authors, professional forums were historically significant as they had an impact on the ruling elite: they let it know about public ideas concerning urgent socio-political transformations and ensured public participation in the development of strategies for their implementation. Professional congresses lie at the intersection of several areas of modern historical knowledge: political and social history, the history of ideas, and the history of professions. However, they have not been studied comprehensively so far, and the authors fill this historiographical gap.

scholarly journals FASHION AS SIGN AND SYMBOLIC CONDITIONALITY: PHILOSOPHICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL ASPECTS

Skhid ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-42
Author(s):  
Liudmyla Ovsiankina ◽  
Tetiana Kuprii
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Social Reality ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Consumer Society ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Motion Models ◽  
Mass Society ◽  
The Social ◽  
Symbolic Reality ◽  
Symbolic World

The article is dedicated to revealing the specific features of fashion as a system of cultural and aesthetic values, as well as a contradictory social phenomenon which plays an important role as a symbolic regulator of mass society. The purpose of this article is to study the mechanism of creation of the sign and symbolic world of fashion, new models and patterns of behavior, evident and hidden functions of fashion in the era of globalization.  Attention is focused on the fact that fashion, as one of the central phenomenon of the modern world, has become an industry based on the principle of rationality, for the production of original trends, in line with the trends and challenges of modern times. It reflects social reality, and people who actively contribute to changing its fashion patterns set in motion models of social reality. It is the sociological study of fashion that can contribute to its most adequate description and explanation. This is due to the fact that the process of spreading and changing fashion patterns is characterized by the value attitude of people both to things and to other people. The result of such an attitude is the social division of people into groups. A fashionable thing, which is desirable for a person, at the same time becomes for him a desirable image of the social status and interpersonal relations to which a person aspires. The article analyzes modern fashion in terms of symbolic conditionality and symbolic reality characterized by features of sociality, temporality, ambivalence and spectacularity.  The main attention of authors of the study is devoted to the analysis of the specific behavior of a human-consumer, for whom the sign and symbolic world of fashion is not only a means of self-expression, but also an opportunity to fill the spiritual vacuum and feel a lost sense of stability.  Attention is also focused on the importance of solving the problem of ethics of responsibility of modern fashion, which is the determinants of all relations in the sphere of contemporary consumer society.

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