The article deals with the influence of modern mass media on consciousness and behavior of people, the processes of transformation of socio-cultural reality. The purpose of this work is to carry out a comparative analysis of the concepts of social communication and mass media. The result of the study is the following conclusion: in relation to social communication, the specificity of mass media is determined by their technical (technological) property, which is in ambiguous connection with their environmental characteristics. New perspectives of the study of ontological and semantic field of intersection of the corresponding concepts are revealed.

The article deals with one of the contradictions of dialectical materialism: on the one hand, matter is supposed to exist independently of consciousness (according to Lenin’ definition); on the other hand, consciousness is considered as the property of matter. The author demonstrates that an object (e.g. matter) may be considered as existing independently of its property (e.g. consciousness) only if this property is not essential. However, the theory of reflection - a part of dialectical materialism - treats consciousness as the essential property of matter, namely, as the type of reflection - one of matter’s attribute. Thus the author concludes that the theory of reflection contradicts Lenin’s definition of matter. Consequently, the dialectical materialism conception of the relation between matter and consciousness is incoherent.

The article reveals the problem of the influence of global informatization on mass consciousness on the basis of the use of socio-philosophical analysis. The author substantiates the idea that mass consciousness in the conditions of global informatization is not a single entity, it varies from one of those who use new information technologies to the consciousness of those who do not use them. It is concluded that global informatization has a dual effect on mass consciousness: both positive (greater access to information, freedom of expression, etc.) and negative (the presence of information noise, the lack of clear criteria for determining the reliability of the source of information, etc.).

The article considers various aspects of man-nature-technology relationship from social-philosophical and philosophical anthropology points of view. The author uses the images of “home” and “wood” as phenomenological and symbolical keys for understanding the essence of man’s ties with technology and nature. In course of the study two main methodological weaknesses in modern understanding of technology have been brought to light: instrumentalism and modernism. The author relies on the experience of phenomenological understanding of “live matter” (the woods, ΰλη) by V.V. Bibikhin. It is concluded that the specificity of human existence is determined by its position between technology (house) and nature (wood). This borderline position influenced the development of human civilization. The essence of the position is that man exists both in the vicinity of nature (in the world of ) wood and at the same time at distance from it (in the world of technology).

The article analyzes the global crisis of the human world, the roots of which lie in the crisis of the subject of modernity. The purpose of the article is to develop a philosophical method that would help restore the subject’s reasonable abilities and thereby promote its integration. At the same time, the authors draw on the results of the study by the modern German philosopher Karen Joysten, which she conducted from the standpoint of existential phenomenology. Joysten offers an existential characteristic of a person as a result of the study of certain forms of self-awareness: it is a “life in the house”. When “life in the house” is emphasized, such phenomena as security, peace and trust emerge in human consciousness. The authors come to the conclusion that the dialectical deepening of the characteristics of a person undertaken in the article consists in the reversal of the content of the opposites identified by Joysten in order to determine new benchmarks in the conditions of the crisis of subjectivity.

The article is devoted to the study of the transformation of national identity in modern Swedish society and the analysis of such a concept as “Swedishness”. The relevance of the study is rooted in the fact that the debates on the significance and alternation of this concept are becoming widespread in Sweden at present. The authors focus their attention on the serious pressures of global processes (the growth of immigration, the collapse of multiculturalism, etc.) that have an impact on the course of integration and assimilation. The analysis shows the lack of unity in regarding the interpretation of the notion “Swedishness” in various communities and social circles, which creates conditions for the formation of a “new” identity and facilitates a peaceful search for the ways to solve this problem.

From the viewpoint of the systemic approach in the context of interdisciplinary relations, without going beyond the framework of moderate positivism, it is shown that social tension in public systems is a characteristic of the joint activity of subjects with opposite interests. Based on the fundamental provisions of both natural and social science, the dual nature of social tension is revealed. A scientifically grounded method of measuring social tension gives a real possibility of its correction. The authors come to the conclusion that the problem of social tension in public systems, which is highly relevant, occupies a special place in social sciences, since it is directly related to the possibility of governing the society.

The article deals with the influence of patriotism and nationalism on public consciousness in Russia. The existence and functioning of public consciousness is conditioned by many factors: social existence, interests and needs of people, level of their political culture, consciousness, level of patriotism, national self-determination. The author analyzed the study “The State of Military-Patriotic Education”. It was concluded that patriotism and nationalism influence the development of social consciousness in contemporary Russia being an integral and well-established concepts of today’s youth.

The article reveals the essence of the concept of Time that has been dominating since time immemorial, the role of Time in comprehending the world, scientific progress and the development of civilization. The analysis revealed a metaphorical basis of the ideas which formed such an important analytical tool as Time. However, the absolutization of this concept should not lead to the loss of an important connection between the phenomenon of Time and the Observer Factor that reveals the cognitive meaning of Time in the dynamics of the processes of the surrounding world.

The article considers the views of the Russian philosopher I.A. Ilyin on the problem of axiological foundations of patriotic education and the role of the family in the formation of man as a person, his views, beliefs and love for the Motherland. It is in childhood that the spiritual and moral foundation of the individual is laid, it is with the family that love for the Motherland begins. The author of the article studied I.A. Ilyin’s ideas on the problem of education through such values as language, fairy tales, songs, lives of saints and heroes, prayers, poetry, history, army, territory, and economy. The article draws a conclusion about the primacy of the family in patriotic education. The author of the article used the methods of historical-philosophical analysis: a comparative philosophical analysis, historical-philosophical reconstruction, and the method of interpretation.

The process of social reproduction connected with a transfer of behavior models, value attitudes and vectors of development is extremely important for maintaining stability and integrity of the social structure. Young people are the most active, dynamically developing social group, and the future of society in many respects depends on their characteristics. This article is concerned with basic problems connected with the process of social reproduction. The role of individualistic and collectivist social attitudes as factors of transferring social traditions is examined. The static and dynamic factors causing a break in continuity of social values are determined. Current tendencies in social development are generally reviewed and the directions in which the situation could be improved are determined.

The article analyzes the historical and philosophical conception which was set forth in the work of V.А. Snegirev “Spiritualism as a Religious and Philosophical Doctrine”, concerning the patterns of the formation of classical German philosophy as the newest form of philosophical mysticism. The aim of the article is to substantiate mesmerism which was transferring into its next historical form, a developed concept of spiritualism, at the turn of the 18th -19th centuries as a paradigmatic foundation of classical German philosophy and to show the genetic connection of mesmerism with the emerging parascience based on the tradition of Kazan academic theism. The author comes to the conclusion that by the mid-nineteenth century the substitution of metaphysical grounds and the object, goals and tasks of research took place, which resulted in a transformation of science into pseudoscience.

The article considers the philosophic views of the Russian writer and thinker V.F. Odoyevsky. The author introduces the concept of ‘ontological holism’ as defining Odoyevsky’s worldview. An association between holism and organicism, art and poetry is discovered in the context of Odoyevsky’s views. It is highlighted that the revelation of harmony and wholeness inside humans is the essential meaning of their existence, and it’s necessary to understand the global connections in this world to achieve it. The author comes to the conclusion that V.F. Odoyevsky did not only specify a strong feeling of wholeness as the Russian worldview paradigm, but also forecast the further development of the Russian philosophy in this direction.

The article is devoted to the analysis of the philosophical concept of morality and ethics in the works of the thinkers of the Russian Religious Renaissance at the turn of the twentieth century. The article substantiates the idea that for the Russian philosophers ethical problems were of high priority. Thus in the writings of V.S. Soloviev, S.N. Bulgakov, N.A. Berdyaev, I.A. Ilyin and N.O. Lossky the problems of morality and ethics were put in the religious context. The author of the article reveals that one of the controversial issues was the substantiation of moral values in science and philosophical ethical thought. This controversy is clearly evident in V.S. Solovyov’s criticism of positivism and N.A. Berdyaev’s attitude to the moral foundations of sociological thought. Based on the results of the study, the author concludes that in the light of the search for the ways of Russia’s spiritual revival, an appeal to the ethical concepts of Russian philosophers is becoming increasingly relevant.

The article is devoted to the formation of Armenology in Russia as a special humanitarian discipline. By applying a historical genetic method and analyzing the works of Russian thinkers and scholars about Armenians and Armenia written in the period from the 12th to the early 20th centuries, the author of the article shows how the research interest gradually shifted from everyday and social issues of the life of the Armenian people to Armenian history, culture and philosophy. The article reveals the objective conditions for the emergence of Armenian studies in Russia.

The article is devoted to the methodological aspects of a correspondence principle in chemistry set forth by A.M. Butlerov. The correspondence principle in chemistry appears as a form of knowledge continuity on the basis of preserving genetic links between old and new concepts. The workings of this principle in the history of chemistry are studied by example of the connection of Berthollet’s ideas with the views of NS. Kurnakov. It is shown that the correspondence principle promotes the development of empirical and theoretical knowledge in chemistry and leads to the emergence of new branches of chemistry and borderline sciences.