COMMON SENSE AS IDENTITY HEALTH: TOWARD A REFLECTION ON THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR

Vitalii MUDRAKOV, Olena HAPCHENKO, Svitlana KOZACHENKO

MUDRAKOV V., HAPCHENKO O., KOZACHENKO S. (2023), COMMON SENSE AS IDENTITY HEALTH: TOWARD A REFLECTION ON THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR.
PHILOSOPHY, ECONOMICS AND LAW REVIEW. Volume 3, no. 2, 25-32

DOI: 10.31733/2786-491X-2023-2-25-32

 

Abstract. In the broadest sense, the purpose of the article can be defined as outlining the relationship between common sense and national identity in the context of the russian-Ukrainian war. The subject specificity emphasizes the problem of forming and nurturing the mental field of modern russians as a painful state of their identity: common sense as a marker of identity health. The article structurally reflects and develops the idea of the study of common sense as a phenomenon that affects the formation of identity, which was first presented in the study “Identity Security: from the Problems of Sectoral Definition to the Peculiarities of Didactic Definition” (ISBN: 978-617-7600-61-8).

The methodological basis is the phenomenological guideline for direct study of the situation, which in this study is specified as a systematic analysis of experience that conveys value and political priorities.

The authors propose three contexts of analysis – semantic, practical philosophy, and philosophy of knowledge – according to which they establish criteria for determining the state of health of identity. Concluding that it is important to constantly analyze the mental field of modern russians, the authors point out that this is a matter for a special research complex of human security. The conclusion is the thesis that the modern russian identity is “sick” with a worldview disease, and that its “treatment” must take place through the shared responsibility of all russians, through their repentance and rethinking.

The key provisions of the article were developed in an ongoing discussion and academic dialog between the authors.

Keywords: war, ideology, common sense, identity, identity security.

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