Self-determination of Siberian student youth in the modern cultural and historical situation

Abstract

The article is a response to the publication of A. V. Ivanov, Yu. V. Popkov “Spiritual and ecological civilizational perspective: the value potential of the value potential of young people in the Siberian context” (journal «Siberian socium», no. 1, 2021). The authors made an attempt to analyze the article devoted to an urgent problem — the identification of value orientations of modern youth in the context of a new civilizational transformation. During the discussion of the article, attention is focused on the analysis of the current situation in which the formation of youth is taking place; characterization of the historical challenge for the entire modern society and the specifics of the required response from young people. Particular attention is paid to the thesis of the article that youth will be the main subject of the civilizational transformation of Siberia. An assessment is given to the statement about the uniqueness of Siberia, taking into account the requirements of scientific rationality. The topic of the presence and preparedness of an active subject of mankind’s transition from a technogenic-consumer to a noospheric civilization is discussed. The sections of the research “Assessment of strategic guidelines of global civilizational development and the possibility of personal participation in it”, “Assessment of the role of Siberia and Siberians in the formation of the foundations of the spiritual and ecological development prospects” are analyzed. Revealing the characteristics of modern youth in the context of the Siberian future, the authors cite for comparison the results of their own research conducted in 2020 among students of the Omsk State Agrarian University, during which 1,600 respondents were interviewed. The urgency of the problem being analyzed is emphasized, the value of such studies is shown, on the basis of which project activities should unfold, a management culture of various processes that attract labor resources, and primarily young people, should be formed. The analysis of the article by A. V. Ivanov, Yu. V. Popkov led to the conviction that the potential of Siberian youth, provided it is adequately developed, will give a significant positive effect for the successful course of transformations in the Russian Federation and in the international context. There is an urgent issue of attracting young people to Siberia and ensuring their stay. In this sense, two perspectives of interest in Siberia are determined — this is a situation when Siberia becomes an object of study, Siberia can also be considered a territory where subjects are formed that are able to generate meanings of interest outside the region.