Humanitarian Sciences Research Articles

Материалистическая классификация наук Бонифатия Кедрова: возможности и границы для современных общественных наук

The article presents a general reconstruction and analysis of the fundamental project of Bonifaty Mikhailovich Kedrov, a Soviet chemist, logician, and philosopher of science. The basic principles of the systematization of scientific disciplines within the reconstructed hierarchy are outlined. The interpretation of scientific knowledge by B.M. Kedrov is characterized, particularly in terms of the relationship between natural and humanitarian sciences in a scientific-informational context. A philosophical analysis of the materialistic approach underpinning the discussed project is proposed. The applicability of the materialistic system of sciences to modern scientific bibliographic activities is assessed, including improvements to existing classification systems in social and humanities. Two approaches to developing the hierarchy are identified: from the perspective of the natural essence of scientific knowledge itself and from a socio-epistemological viewpoint regarding the development and applied organization of science. Special attention is given to the philosophy of humanities and social sciences as presented by B.M. Kedrov, particularly in relation to questions about the structure of socio-historical sciences and their place within the overall classification system, as seen through the lens of Marxist theory. The prospects and limitations of applying Kedrov’s classification to the post-classical framework of modern social sciences are evaluated.

Медиатизированный дискурс православного студенчества об РПЦ

The article is devoted to the analysis of the modern Orthodox conservative mediatized discourse among student bloggers on the Telegram messenger platform. The relevance of the study lies in the lack of development of both the topic of mediatization of Orthodoxy and the topic of studying Orthodox conservatism in modern sociology. The study of this phenomenon in the work took place through the prism of a conceptual approach, which received the name "mediatization of religion" in scientific sociological literature. The scientific problem is that studies of the mediatization of Orthodoxy are no longer a new field, but their number is still small. A large number of religious groups that are currently forming and functioning are outside the field of view of researchers. The figurative approach, which took shape in the German school of studying mediatization, was chosen as the research method. The figurative approach re-actualizes the concept of “figuration” by Norbert Elias and considers modern communicative figuration in media through four components: communicative practices, media ensemble, frame of relevance and constellation of actors. The communicative figuration of modern Orthodox conservatism in the Telegram messenger was taken as the basis of our study, since this platform provides opportunities for discussion on social and theological issues. The purpose of the article is to describe this communicative figuration through its four components. In this regard, the objectives of the study were: a description of the context of formation and features of the modern stage of studying the mediatization of Orthodoxy; a characteristic of the 4 components of the communicative figuration of modern Orthodox conservatism among young people. The empirical part of the study was based on a series of expert, semi-structured interviews with the authors of Telegram channels included in the youth category and who are students of higher educational institutions. In total, 30 interviews were collected from March to August 2024, of which 5 were selected for the article. The results of the study demonstrated that at the moment there is a constellation of actors of modern Orthodox conservatism, in the youth pole of which a group of students can be distinguished. Orthodox conservative students build their own identity, based on the Orthodox tradition, but only in the form of moral prescriptions. They are practically not integrated into the existing structures of the Russian Orthodox Church. The frame of relevance of the communicative figuration of Orthodox conservatism considers Orthodoxy as an integral part of modern Russian culture and humanitarian science. But in the frame, there is also an opposition to liberalism, including church liberalism, which occurs on issues of the foundations of society.

IDENTITY OF THE MODERN INDIVIDUAL IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIAL-PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS

The article examines the problem of individual identity formation in modern conditions of neoliberalism. It is noted that the research of subjectivity, «I» (self), which is the source and condition for the formation of individual identity, actualizes the study of this problem in many social and humanitarian sciences. In the context of socio-philosophical analysis, identity represents itself as a complicated dynamic phenomenon that constantly needs new definitions, clarifications and additions. The effectiveness of using E.Erikson’s theory of individual identity in modern conditions, its significance for the formation of «I» and P.Ricker’s concept of personalistic identity are analyzed. It has been clarified that a new request for the conceptualization of identity has been formed now, which is conditioned of the collapse of political ideologies, in particular, the communist one, the significant crisis of modern neoliberal ideology and the persistent search for new forms of collective involvement or solidarity of people in the current era of globalization. However, various forms of collective identity are imposed by society, its numerous communities, ideology, state institutions, mass media, social networks with their computer capabilities, dominance of advertisements, etc. Therefore, it is not surprising that now individuals are trying to find their own identity, going out from under the pressure of the collective, mainly discursive forms of identity, and already these efforts do not depend on them to a certain extent. The construct «collective identity» in many cases does not reflect the social I (social me) of the individual, as it was conceived in the last century, because society and its communities, which involve active, mobile and changing structures, cannot be thought in terms of subjectivity. Analogies and comparisons do not work here either on a conscious or unconscious level. In the studying identity, there is a significant problem of the transition from the individual to the collective level and vice versa. A collective or group does not have the qualities of individuality with its diversity of characteristics. Taking into account the conducted consideration, it can be stated that approaches to the formation of identity are now acquiring a profound semantic transformation. An assumption was made, which needs to be carefully investigated in the future, according to which the process of partial or complete absorption of individual identity by its collective forms is currently taking place. That’s why, there is an urgent need for the formation of a new interdisciplinary approach to the research of personal identity in the modern digital society.

The humanization of medical education: publications review

The humanization of medical education is targeted at integration of humanitarian values and approaches into system of education of medical personnel to improve their professional and personal training. This process includes education in medical ethics, development of communication skills, stress management and implementation of humanitarian disciplines into the curriculum. The humanization contributes into formation of empathy, responsibility and professionalism in future physicians that helps to better understand and consider psychological, social and emotional needs of patients. The problems of including humanitarian sciences into medical education are associated with lack of systematic approach, adequate curricula and qualified lecturers. To optimize process, it is necessary to focus on education of ideals and beliefs, development of integrated curricula and enhancement of humanitarian component of education.

Prospects of Interdisciplinary Research into the Problem of Resource Mobilization of Academic Staff

Introduction. Mobilization of the resource potential of academic staff is a key task of university management. The development of management approaches to its solution should be preceded by a comprehensive study of both the academic staff resources and management practices. The possibilities of research are provided by an interdisciplinary theoretical and methodological framework. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the possibilities of developing interdisciplinary foundations for the study of the mobilization of the academic staff resource potential and the prospects for empirical study. Materials and Methods. The theoretico-methodological nature of the article required the use of methods for generalizing and systematizing the provisions of interdisciplinary and disciplinary approaches and theories that have been developed by social and humanitarian science. The main directions for the exploration of the problem of academic staff resource potential in modern socio-humanitarian knowledge have been identified through the method of systematic analysis of literature. Results. The main result of the research is the substantiation of the theoretical and methodological framework for an interdisciplinary study of the mobilization of the academic staff resources. This justification is based on the “revision” of theoretical and methodological provisions of theories of education. The basic interdisciplinary theories are the theories of adult continuing education, professional development and education, non-cognitive human capital, social networks, scientific and educational knowledge. Community-based, resource-based, institutional, normative, and communicative approaches are in demand. The provisions of these theories and approaches are adapted to the subject of the study. An important result of the research is the substantiation of the interdisciplinary synthesis in the practices of university management. Discussion and Conclusion. The prospects for using the interdisciplinary framework in an empirical study dealing with evaluation and activation of academic staff resources are shown. The practical significance of the results lies in the development of a model of mobilization management of the academic staff resources.

Transformations of ‘traditional everyday life’ in the paradigm of modern transgressive culture

One of the most apparent specific parameters of the modern socio-cultural situation is its obvious transgressive nature. In modern humanitarian science, within the framework of the concept of "transgression" it is customary to mean the objectively existing desire of individuals, human communities and society to overcome certain norms, values and attitudes that have been once established and institutionalized and had time to become traditional. There are whole spheres of human activity whose existence, and especially their development, is simply impossible without a high degree of transgression. First of all, they include science and the arts. Although the study of cultural transgression has a long and fruitful history (including the work of such recognized authorities as Hegel, Bataille, Foucault, etc.), in the new historical realities, the problem also acquires new semantic solutions. First of all, we attribute to such innovations the acutely actualized problem of the "points of intersection" of transgressive culture and human everyday life. Such "intersections" provide many examples of a positive impact on our lives. However, the concomitant negative potential is very high here and over time it turns out to be an increasingly obvious factor of modernity.

Гуманитарные и социальные науки: теоретико-познавательные основания

Scientific natural science, which had been established in European culture since the mid-17th century, began to transmit samples of scientific knowledge into the field of studying social reality. Until the 19th century, the only mental form of reflecting this reality was “primary history,” as Hegel defined it, i.e. tradition of historiography coming from Herodotus. This tradition received its design, oriented towards the field of scientific rationality, from the German historian Leopold von Ranke: to show “how it really was” (wie es eigentlich gewesen). Its social function is the formation of national historical memory. But methodological reflection at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries revealed, as it seemed to it, two radical differences between “primary history” and other “sciences of culture” from natural science. In this regard, the categories of “values” and “understanding” were emphasized. The presence of these categories in the foundations of any science determines its specification as a humanitarian science. The first attempts to transfer certain aspects of the disciplinary matrices of natural science to the sphere of social science are associated with the names of Kant and Marx. Both attempts were unsuccessful. But, unlike Kant’s, the “materialist understanding of history” found its supporters and successors. Its main error is the unlawful direct transfer of the semantic content of the category “matter”, as it developed in natural science (the relationships of things), to the relationships between people endowed with consciousness. The addressee of social sciences are cultural forms, the existence of which has an objective status of existence, but relative to the individual consciousness of acting people. These are, for example, social institutions. The humanities deal with meanings, the existence of which is determined by systems of social communications.

Museum Discourse in the Conditions of Information Warfare: problem statement

The article is devoted to the consideration of the position of museum discourse in the communicative system of modern Russia and, more broadly, in the national security system. In the context of geopolitical challenges and the development of political discourse in the semantics of the pervasive cancel culture in the format of applying new ethics as a symbolic act of oblivion, the national museum discourse acquires a particular significance. The “memory war”, the purpose of which is to delegitimize the previous discourse using techniques of rewriting, ignoring, neutralizing, and denying, actualizes the study of museum discourse in the context of national security strategy. Considering museum discourse as an imperative to strengthen national security, the authors identify a separate research area of socio–humanitarian sciences – “memory studies”, and introduce into the scientific categorical apparatus rather interrelated concepts of political discourse: “identity politics”, “memory politics” and “memorial politics”. The authors implement a strategy for analyzing the communicative effects of ensuring cultural sovereignty and overcoming the cancel culture, and conclude that museum discourse and the discourse of memory in the logic of cognitive and structural aspects represent mental constructs with the potential for dialogism and conversion (including the conversion of cultural capital into political capital), and determine the multilevel combinatorics of various communicative effects in the development of national identity. Hence, the authors propose to study the mutual influence of three discursive constructs: museum discourse – discourse of the state policy of memory – discourse of national identity, considered in relation to the modern political realities of Russia in the context of the implementation of the national security strategy.

Methodological principles of forming the "image of the enemy" in the minds of ukrainian servicemen during the russian-ukrainian war

The relevance of the study is due to the development of scientific and practical knowledge regarding the moral and psychological aspects of war, one of which is the sociopsychological phenomenon "the image of the enemy" as a component of the social consciousness of war participants. Its formation depends on the readiness of Ukrainian servicemen to destroy the enemy and the appropriate moral and psychological state in general to perform combat tasks. The purpose of the article is to determine the theoretical and methodological principles of identifying the formation of the "enemy image" in the minds of Ukrainian servicemen in the process of communication and its formation if necessary.In the research process, general scientific methods were used: analysis, synthesis, comparison, and generalization. And special methods: model of neurological levels of R. Dilts for determining markers in communication and logical levels of the formation of the "image of the enemy" in the minds of Ukrainian servicemen, as well as for the formation of the "image of the enemy" if necessary. The method of interpretation is used to reveal the meaning of the statements of military personnel. The interdisciplinary approach made it possible to combine the development of a few humanitarian sciences, namely: philosophies of war, social psychology, social communications, and neurolinguistic programming.The main results of the study consist in the identification of markers in communication and logical levels of formation of the "image of the enemy" in the minds of Ukrainian servicemen during the Russian-Ukrainian war. According to R. Dilts' pyramid of logical levels, which are manifested in communication at the following levels: environment, behavior, strategies, values, and identity. And at the mission level, the "image of the enemy" acquires its final formation and completion. In addition, a toolkit has been developed for officers in internal communication work to identify the logical levels of formation of the "image of the enemy" in the minds of servicemen and its correction or formation in the process of communication. The materials of the article are of practical value for the military administration that organizes and manages internal communication work in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and for officers who conduct it with their personnel. The theoretical significance of the conducted research lies in the expansion of the humanitarian discourse of military science based on an interdisciplinary approach, which made it possible to involve effective methods, principles, and approaches of other humanitarian sciences to solve the actual tasks of military science.

The Motif of Freedom as a Reflection of the National Identity of Brazil through the Prism Romantic Era Poetry

The article is devoted to the study of the process of the formation of Brazilian national identity through the prism of poetry as one of the most important elements of the nation's identity and maturity. The relevance of this topic is connected not only with the growing interest of Russian humanitarian science in the ‘Other West’, but also with application to the task of successful interaction with representatives of a particular culture requiring familiarity with the meanings that determine their self-identification. It is necessary to have a holistic understanding of the process of national identity formation and social factors behind its transformation. The characteristic features of the rich culture of the Luso-Brazilian world nevertheless suggest a high degree of differentiation in the identity of the people of Portugal and its former colonies. The aim of the study is to analyze how the motif of freedom manifests itself in the works of Brazilian Romantic poets, reflecting the gradual conceptualization of Brazilian national and cultural identity. To achieve this goal, the following objectives were set: first, to systematize the existing works on the national identity of Brazilians; second, to identify the motif of freedom in specific poems by prominent poets of the studied era and trace how this motif reveals identity of a Brazilian. The materials of the study are the corpus of works by Brazilian Romantic poets, comprising both the original works and their translations into Russian (including translations made by the author of this article). The leading research method was culturalhistorical; the corpus study was conducted by means of content analysis. The novelty of the study was determined by the fact of addressing the motif of freedom, considered as a key factor of Brazilian identity. As a result, it is shown how this motif was formed in the work of Brazilian Romantic poets of the 19th century, branching out into many conceptualizations of freedom. The study of the corpus of Brazilian poetic texts provides convincing evidence that the motif of freedom was one of the first steps for Brazilian society to realize its unique identity. The author concludes that the beginning of this process in the 19th century is associated with such vectors of comprehension of freedom as the desire of Brazilians to return to their homeland from foreign lands, escape from reality/life, freedom in the choice of Christian religion and freedom from sin, the desire to show strength, awareness of the important role of indigenous peoples and praise of the Indian struggle against oppression and despotism, resistance to slavery and colonizers. Gradually, however, the ontology of freedom from is complemented by an ontology of freedom for: Brazilian poets find imaginative solutions that reveal the identity of their people as a cultural search for a counterpart of communication.

Проблема социализации человека в научно-исторической ретроспективе и современном междисциплинарном дискурсе

Introduction. The article depicts a systematic interdisciplinary presentation of the theoretical foundations of the study of the phenomenon of socialization. Currently, in the social sphere, the phenomenon of socialization itself is a social problem that is caused, according to scientists, by a whole pleiad of dynamically changing social, economic, political, and cultural conditions and circumstances that contribute to the emergence of transformational processes in society as a whole. Research methods. The research results that characterize socialization are presented in the article based on some methods of the social and humanitarian sciences: theoretical (ascent from the abstract to the concrete, analysis and synthesis, referencing), observational (direct, included, indirect observation), diagnostic (interviewing, analysis of documents), gravimetric analysis (the study and generalization of experience and products of professional activity), and so on. The results of the research. First of all, these are processes in modern Russian society that objectively change the content and mechanisms of human socialization. In this regard, it is now possible to talk about the transformation of the phenomenon of socialization into an independent social and research problem. The above points out the fundamental importance of the need to thoroughly study human socialization in its modern conditions as an actual social and pedagogical problem in the context of the social and humanitarian branch of human studies, and above all in the fields of philosophy, sociology, and pedagogy. Expanding the subject field of social and humanitarian knowledge, the materials presented in the article can serve as an incentive for further scientific understanding of the problem of human socialization, as well as be used in the professional training and professional socialization of future social specialists.

The Review of the monograph by A.M. Orekhov «History, philosophy and methodology of social and humanities»

The review is devoted to the recently published textbook of Andrei Mikhailovich Orekhov, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Department of Social Philosophy of the Russian University of Friendship of Peoples, «History, Philosophy and Methodology of Social and Humanitarian Sciences» of A.M. Orekhov».

Этнокультурная история и современное измерение Ордена знак почета института истории, языка и литературы УФИЦ РАН: от башкирского академцентра к федеральному институту

The Institute of History, Language and Literature of the Ufa Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences is a federal academic institution with a humanitarian profile, the key research area of which is comprehensive Bashkir studies. The Institute, which celebrated its centenary in 2022, has gone a long way from the Society for the Study of Bashkiria at the Academic Center of the People’s Commissariat of Education of Bashkiria, which united ascetic researchers, to the authoritative scientific center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The institution has made and continues to make an invaluable contribution to the study of the archaeology, ancient and modern history, and material and spiritual culture of the multinational region. The Bashkir people, one of the many ethnic groups in the Russian Federation, are the focus of this work. The team’s contributions, which have been recognized in the scientific community of Russia and beyond, not only have a scientific value but also have applied and practical significance. These contributions demonstrate the researchers’ ability to solve problems that face modern humanitarian science, in a qualitative manner. His century-old scientific biography and ethnocultural history include significant archaeological discoveries, fundamental monographic and collective research, scientific collections, multi-volume collections of the Bashkir folk art, anthologies of the Bashkir literature, numerous linguistic and encyclopedic dictionaries that incorporated creative ideas, thoughts, achievements of several generations of scientists (M.A. Burangulov, T.H. Akhmadiev, N.V. Bikbulatov, I.M. Gvozdikova, R.G. Kuzeev, H.F. Usmanov, M.V. Murzabulatov, S.N. Shitova, N.A. Mazhitov, A.H. Pshenichnyuk, N.H. Maksyutova, S.F. Mirzhanova, Z.G. Uraksin, F.G. Khisamitdinova, A.I. Kharisov, G.B. Khusainov, N.T. Zaripov, A.M. Suleymanov, F.A. Nadrshina, etc.). From the study of archaeology in the Southern Urals region and its ancient history and culture, to understanding modern socio-cultural processes and modern history in Bashkiria, anthropology, ethnography, and the Bashkir language research, computational linguistics, dialectology, folk art, literary studies, archeography, and the study of written and printed materials – these are the main research areas of the Institute’s scientists.

Аcademic humanitarian science – the challenge of the XXI century

The article shows the history of the development of Belarusian humanitarian science from ancient times to the present day. Particular attention is paid to the achievements of the Department of Humanitarian Sciences and Arts of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus at the beginning of the 21st century.

Feminism in contemporary art – prejudice and discrimination

This article updates the problem of cultural studies as a specific field of humanitarian knowledge. It has been stated that, with a certain similarity in the understanding of the ontology of culture (and in relation to the general boundaries of the problem field of humanitarian knowledge), the knowledge about various aspects of the cultural life of man and society is separated by the existing boundaries of the scientific competence of various social and human sciences, which contradicts the process of understanding the integrity of the cultural phenomenon itself. Cultural studies, learning culture as a whole, already by virtue of this circumstance cannot be a humanitarian science „among others”. This circumstance complicates the process of self-determination of cultural studies as an independent science (including the reflection of its method). Despite the fact that the emphasis on cultural studies as a specific area of theoretical knowledge is recognized by the Humanities, however, the problem of identifying the scientific method, which is associated with the final legitimization of this field of knowledge of culture, has not been sufficiently convincing yet. It is concluded that the Humanities are in dire need of rigor and improvement of their scientific status. With the exception of the descriptive part in these sciences, everything else remains the opinion of individual authors.

The methodology of cultural studies: nomadology and the non-linear being of man

This article updates the problem of cultural studies as a specific field of humanitarian knowledge. It has been stated that, with a certain similarity in the understanding of the ontology of culture (and in relation to the general boundaries of the problem field of humanitarian knowledge), the knowledge about various aspects of the cultural life of man and society is separated by the existing boundaries of the scientific competence of various social and human sciences, which contradicts the process of understanding the integrity of the cultural phenomenon itself. Cultural studies, learning culture as a whole, already by virtue of this circumstance cannot be a humanitarian science „among others”. This circumstance complicates the process of self-determination of cultural studies as an independent science (including the reflection of its method). Despite the fact that the emphasis on cultural studies as a specific area of theoretical knowledge is recognized by the Humanities, however, the problem of identifying the scientific method, which is associated with the final legitimization of this field of knowledge of culture, has not been sufficiently convincing yet. It is concluded that the Humanities are in dire need of rigor and improvement of their scientific status. With the exception of the descriptive part in these sciences, everything else remains the opinion of individual authors.

Institution as Principle Notion of Institutionalism: Definition Problems

The article analyzes approaches to defining institution being a central notion of institutionalism. It is clear that the term ‘institution’ is used by Russian economics in different meaning and the same is true for other humanitarian and social sciences, which points to inter-disciplinary nature of the notion. Apart from this, in institutionalism itself, due to different academic approaches to institutional economic theory there are various approaches to defining the notion ‘institution’, which, according to the author, hinders the dynamic development of institutionalism and thus requires correction. According to D. Nort, institution means norms of law, whose influence on economic development was studied in view of the Anglo-Saxon system of law and it is unacceptable within the frames of inter-disciplinary analysis of Russian economics. By analyzing definitions of the notion ‘institution’ put forward by Russian institutionalism researchers and their comparing with D. Nort’s approach a conclusion was drawn that the majority of Russian scientists in line with D. Nort define institution in broad and various wording and formal institutions are interpreted as norms of law formalized in enactments. Through analyzing tasks conferred on institution comprehension of institution in different types of institutionalism with due regard to inter-disciplinary nature of the notion and Russian economic and legal reality the author proposes a unique definition of institution as a central notion of institutionalism, which can foster the development of institutional economic theory used for the analysis of Russian economy, synthesis of social and humanitarian sciences and economic analysis of effective and new legal norms in the field of economic activity.

Defining the concept of identity of national vocational education system

Introduction. Geopolitical, social and economic disasters of all over the world space cause the crisis of identity, which is fixed by the researchers of social and humanitarian sciences. The controversial nature of the process of internationalization of the vocational education system and its striving to keep in safety the traditional values of education are articulated. This process gives close attention not only on studying the problems of creating conditions to form of identity by means of the educational space of the country, but also understanding the phenomenon of identity of the national education system. Purpose setting. The aim of the article is the defining of some essential features, which can explain the concept of the identity of national vocational education system.Methodology and methods of the study. The methods of the research are the analysis of scientific literature, comparative analysis of proposed approaches, integration and synthesis for defining identity kinds and features of the identity of national vocational education system.Results. Some essential features of identity related to contemporary information age are defined. Among them are authenticity and simulativeness, multiplicity, dynamism, givenness and choice, axiology, recombination. Identity can be described as a form of predication of existence and the way of social understanding. The factors of globalization and regionalization have an influence on the identity transformation process. The ideological and civilization identity are described for better understanding the essence of the identity of national vocational education system.Conclusion. Determination of essential features of the identity of national vocational education system and studying of the processes of its formation and transformation indicate the domination of value components of the process. It can be used to explain the risks of transferring practices from foreign educational systems to national education system.

ПАТРИОТИЧЕСКОЕ ВОСПИТАНИЕ МОЛОДЕЖИ КАК ЭЛЕМЕНТ НАУЧНО-ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОГО ВЗАИМОДЕЙСТВИЯ НА ЕВРАЗИЙСКОМ ПРОСТРАНСТВЕ В 2023 Г.: ОПЫТ ИНСТИТУТА ЕВРАЗИЙСКИХ И МЕЖРЕГИОНАЛЬНЫХ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЙ РГГУ

The development of patriotic consciousness is one of the tasks of the educational process implemented by universities. The year of 2023 in Russia was declared the Year of the Teacher and Mentor, therefore, educational activities, the target audience of which are students of higher education institutions, attained a special importance. As an example of such activities, the author cites the events held in 2023 at the Institute of Eurasian and Interregional Studies of the Russian State University for the Humanities, which were attended by students, graduate students and staff of both the Russian State University for the Humanities and a number of universities of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Participants in the events discussed such topical issues of international relations as the protection of historical truth about the events of the Great Patriotic War, new challenges and threats to the sustainable development of Eurasian countries and mechanisms to counter them, Russia’s foreign policy at the present stage, the consequences of “color revolutions” for the Eurasian space, as well as the role of social and humanitarian sciences in the development and cooperation of the countries of the Eurasian space. The author comes to a conclusion that holding such events in a scientific-discussion format has a significant impact on the effectiveness of patriotic education of student youth.

ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ УМСТВЕННЫХ СПОСОБНОСТЕЙ СТУДЕНТОВ АГРАРНОГО УНИВЕРСИТЕТА СЕВЕРНОГО ЗАУРАЛЬЯ

This article examines a study to find out the average IQ of students from one of the groups of the GAU of the Northern Trans-Urals. The results of a study on finding out the average IQ of 2nd year students are taken as a basis. 2nd year students of the Agroengineering training course of different profiles took part in an anonymous intellectual survey of the Eysenck test. The Eysenck Test is an intelligence quotient (IQ) test developed by the English psychologist Hans Eysenck. There are eight different variants of the Eysenck intelligence test. Any specialist of a technical and engineering specialty or profession needs the ability and abilities to analyze and synthesize spatial forms, to perceive ideas based by other developers and researchers in the drawing documentation. Students of the GAU of the Northern Trans-Urals demonstrated a significant amount of knowledge by answering interesting and difficult questions. At the end of the survey, it can be concluded that the abilities of students and the identification of predisposition to a certain mindset and assimilation of the material of educational programs are completely different and depend on different types of thinking. The article examines the mental abilities of university students and reveals a predisposition to a certain mindset and the assimilation of the material of educational programs. Engineering graphics, mathematics and physics help everyone to develop these abilities, do not forget about the humanities. A future specialist should not only calculate and draw, but also be able to correctly express and convey thoughts. For this purpose, both technical and humanitarian sciences are taught at our university.