Vol 3, No 3 (2021)

The article deals with the main trends in changing the way of social life in Russia under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic factor. Based on the theory of passionarity By L. N. Gumilyov, a rational reconstruction of this way of being, which developed after the collapse of the USSR, is carried out, which is defined as post-apocalyptic. The article analyzes the phenomenon of covid-dissidence in relation to Russia. The article shows the specifics of Russia's transition from the mass-type society of the twentieth century to the society of the autistic type and virtual communication, which is being formed today.

The publication refers to the first version of the doctoral dissertation of V.N. Borisov. It was written in 1956 during the work of V.N. Borisov at the Kalinin Pedagogical Institute. First published opinion on the dissertation of V.N. Borisova head of Department of philosophical questions of natural Sciences at the Institute of philosophy of as USSR S.A. Petrushevsky. V.N. Borisov as a student of A.V. Savinov tried to make a synthesis of the philosophical foundations of logic, physiology, and psychology in the teaching of thinking. A negative review of lysenkoist S.A. Petrushevsky led to the fact that V.N. Borisov defended his doctoral dissertation fifteen years later.

The article is devoted to the philosophical analysis of the psychiatric scientific discourse as the basis of marginal anthropology. The main objective of the proposed article is to reveal the place and role of psychiatric discourse in such an existential space as sociocultural reality.

The question of the role of human sacrifice in human culture is far from final resolution. The authors, who adhere to the hypothesis that human sacrifice is not obligatory as a condition of culture, rely either on ethical arguments according to which human sacrifice is morally unacceptable in modern culture, or on the political possibility of manipulating people's lives outside of ritual practices. However, an analysis of the facts shows, firstly, that in archaic societies, human sacrifice was much more widespread than hitherto assumed. Secondly, in modern developed societies, human sacrifice has not disappeared anywhere, but has taken on new forms, designed, in particular, to hide the fact of its existence. As for the possibility of manipulating human life outside of ritual, this possibility is not so much real as it is desirable for potential manipulators, but in reality they cannot completely avoid ritual elements. It follows from this that human sacrifice is possibly a cultural universal and a necessary condition for the existence of human culture.

The author examines the importance of the analytical philosophy's concepts in the development of philosophical reflection on the complexity. Despite the analytical philosophy's involvement in the study of complex phenomena, such as language and consciousness, the attitude to complexity itself in the framework of analytical and philosophical research is peculiar: analytical philosophy is characterized by a critical attitude towards any metaphysical projects, including the metaphysics of complexity. On the basis of the study of the particularity of understanding complex phenomena specifics in analytical and philosophical studies, the author analyzes the possibilities of involving the analytic and philosophical approaches in the reflection on complexity. It is concluded with the validity of prognostic findings of some researchers about the role of analytic philosophy in the development of the philosophy and science of the complexity.

Methodological strategies are revealed, with the help of which R.O. Isaev solves the problem of analyzing the development of ideas about authority in philosophy. The author's relationship between philosophy and methodology is noted. The synthesis of different terminology, adequate to the level of theoretical depth of research, is stated. In the final part of the review, a potential circle of readers of this monograph is determined.