Destructive Tendencies Research Articles

Значение ценностных ориентаций личности руководителей органов внутренних дел Российской Федерации при выполнении профессионально-служебных задач в особых условиях

In the modern conditions of society, facing various challenges and threats, the issue of managing employees of the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation is becoming especially relevant. The ability of law enforcement agencies to effectively respond to non-standard situations, such as terrorism, natural disasters or mass riots, largely depends on the level of professional training and value orientations of the personality of their leaders. In this study, we will consider the key aspects associated with the features of the value orientations of the personality of the heads of the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation and their importance for work in conditions requiring special qualifications and readiness for quick decision-making. The scientific study is devoted to the currently relevant problem of purposeful mastery of holistic and sustainable qualities by the subject of professional activity. The value sphere has a key impact on the relationship between subjects, the moral qualities of the individual. The professional activity of the head of the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the OVD) should be focused on constructive interaction in the professional environment, avoiding the destructive tendency leading to the denial of the limitations that underlie official activity. In order to successfully fulfill the tasks facing law enforcement agencies, the heads of the OVD must use all available resources, adapt to changing conditions and constantly improve managerial competence, direct efforts to preserving personnel. This will ensure not only the professional readiness of the police to act in special conditions of official activity, but also the safety of citizens, which is the main goal of the activities of the internal affairs bodies.

Ecologies of Resilience

Abstract The history of Rapa Nui has often been told as a cautionary tale meant to reflect on the destructive tendencies of our own civilization, but it looks quite different when told from a Rapanui perspective. This interdisciplinary study uses new source materials to explore an extraordinary story of Native resilience: seldom-used oral histories from Rapanui elders from the 1910s, a Rapanui-language account of its original settlement, and a newly reconstructed Rapanui Chronology of Years, as well as the latest physical data of environmental change on the island, reconstructions of the ancient night sky, and an innovative model of the historical productivity of traditional crops. They reveal the exact stars and winds the ancient Rapanui followed to locate this island originally; their embrace of new crop varieties, animals, and cultivation methods to ensure their subsistence; and their vulnerability to severe droughts and climate change. Rapanui resilience experienced its greatest test during the 1860s and 1870s when interethnic conflict, a punishing La Niña drought, introduced diseases, plantation enslavement, Catholic missionization, and colonization by outsiders struck the island in waves. But Rapanui elders remembered these events as much for their tenacious resistance and resilience to these challenges as for their tragic loss.

Theory of elites in the concept of Viacheslav Lypinsky

The article analyzes Vyacheslav Lipinsky’s political views regarding the role and place of the political elite in forming the Ukrainian state. It examines the concepts, nature, and essence of the «elite theory» category, which forms the basis of Vyacheslav Lipinsky’s scientific concept and its potential use in contemporary state-building practice. Vyacheslav Lipinsky’s ideas, which are associated with analyzing their origins, are characterized. The first conceptual approaches to clarifying the role and significance of the political elite, associated with the names of G. Mosca and V. Pareto, are analyzed, which justified the objective nature of elitism and clarified the unique qualities of the elite, criteria of belonging to the elite, as well as characterized the processes of change, circulation, and renewal within elites. It is noted that the elite theory influenced the development of political and legal thought, including the formation of ideas and views of political figures of the Ukrainian statehood revival period, in particular Vyacheslav Lipinsky, who analyzed the reasons for the emergence, development, and decline of the state in his works and identified the driving forces of any state-building process. According to Vyacheslav Lipinsky, power and a leading population stratum are the carriers of this state’s power, which is inherent in all states. Vyacheslav Lipinsky identifies three main types of state structure, classocracy, democracy, and ochlocracy, and determines the representatives of three strata who can carry state power. It is clarified that Vyacheslav Lipinsky considered classocracy the most acceptable for Ukraine, in which there are two defined classes: «black» — passive, and «yellow» — active. Representatives of the active class are characterized as balanced, feeling their nation is capable of power, and after coming to power, they balance all interests and establish a «chivalrous peace». In Vyacheslav Lipinsky’s opinion, a force that supports power in the name of the good of the entire territory and all citizens is necessary. Therefore, according to him, the nation is a crucial moment in the state-building process. The characteristics of the nation are considered in the views of Vyacheslav Lipinsky. The nation comprises the best, most energetic, and most skilled «aristocrats of the spirit» — people characterized by a certain «idealism». The nation should unite based on territorial patriotism, regardless of ethnic origin, class or cultural affiliation, or religion, guided primarily by a love for Ukraine and a desire to build their national state. In Vyacheslav Lipinsky’s opinion, it is determined that the Ukrainian nation should become the new national aristocracy. Vyacheslav Lipinsky attributed to the national aristocracy not the hereditary aristocracy but the best, most energetic, and most capable authorities of each class, characterized by two attributes: material power acquired during material production and moral authority. In Vyacheslav Lipinsky’s opinion, without a national aristocracy, there is no state. It is noted that according to the scientist, the most appropriate form of organization of state power for the new Ukrainian national aristocracy as the leading stratum of the population will be classocracy. In classocracy, the scientist pays attention to the process of elite circulation necessary for their successful functioning. Vyacheslav Lipinsky associated the future of Ukraine with establishing the power of the classocratic elite headed by the hetman, who limits the power of the elite and acts by the laws. Another condition for the existence of classocracy is the limitation of secular power by spiritual power. Thus, Vyacheslav Lipinsky formulated the idea that in any society, there is a higher privileged class — the national elite capable of overcoming destructive tendencies and creating a national state. In such a state, the economic, political, and cultural freedoms of the population are ensured. According to scientists, the problem of Ukrainian political development and the ultimate goal of Ukrainians is constructing an independent national state, which Vyacheslav Lipinsky attributed to European civilization. Key words: Conception, the national aristocracy, classocratia, political elite, nation.

Embodied intersubjectivity: Forms of psyche-soma structuring in the encounter between self and other-than-self.

This paper explores the mechanisms that lead to a destructive tendency in the formation and functioning of the psychic apparatus, to the characteristic states of subjects who are drawn to non-life. The dynamics of the primary mother-child relationship involve a structural interaction between mind and body, subject and object. The dialectic between the life drive and the death drive is conceptualized as the structuring of homeostatic dynamic equilibria, in which both drives belong to the living, provided they are kept in a non-isolated system. This conception has analogies with other disciplines that have changed their paradigms, such as neurobiology, which, for living beings in open systems, hypothesises a continuous interconnected Becoming of undivided separation and of discontinuity. In unitary psyche-soma functioning, a dynamic homoeostatic balance marks the state of health of the relating subject; or if, instead, the system is isolated, a pathological dysregulation depending on the emotional-affective vicissitudes it undergoes. Two clinical cases illustrate these dynamics. For this tendency on the level of the somatopsychic unit, the name alloiosis has been put forward, in analogy with cellular apoptosis.

Youth participation in Zimbabwe's electoral processes post-2008: Challenges and prospects for peacebuilding

ABSTRACT This article discusses how the youth participate in electoral processes in contemporary Zimbabwe and the concomitant implications for peacebuilding. It is based on the case study of Harare covering the post-2008 period and data drawn from both primary and secondary sources. Employing the postmaterialist theory, the article argues that though destructive tendencies remained, Zimbabwean youth have mainly participated in electoral processes in beneficial ways with far-reaching implications for peace post-2008. The study found that the youth participated in electoral processes through campaigning for peaceful elections, voting, electioneering for their political parties and contesting as candidates. It asserts that youth participation in electoral processes in Zimbabwe scored some successes such as an improvement in the number of youth voters and having youth candidates resulting in some becoming legislators. The youth also faced several challenges hindering them from fruitfully participating in electoral processes. This included marginalisation, lack of resources, and a restrictive and harsh political environment. The article concludes that the youth have the potential to peacefully and significantly participate in electoral processes provided they are able to overcome the challenges they are currently facing.

A study of cyber-addictions in Ukrainian youth

This article investigates the specific manifestations of various types of cyber-addictions among Ukrainian adolescents and young adults. The Internet's increasing connectivity fosters diverse user behaviors, with potential consequences ranging from social relationship disruption and isolation to mental health disorders and physical ailments. Notably, Internet addiction frequently emerges during adolescence, hindering socialization, professional growth, and family formation. Alongside Internet addiction, the modern scientific community recognizes cyber addictions and the growing prevalence of smartphone addiction (phubbing). These addictions share a compulsive urge to remain constantly online and an inability to disengage. To examine modern cyber addictions, the study employed the "Smartphone Addiction Scale" (SAS) and the "Cyber Addiction Test-Questionnaire" (TQC), involving 316 participants aged 15-21. Results revealed distinct manifestations of cyber-addictions across gender groups, reflecting varying goals and preferences in Internet and technology use. The timely implementation of psycho-prophylactic and psycho-corrective interventions is emphasized to address cyber dependencies and prevent the development of destructive tendencies.

«РОСІЙСЬКА КРИЗА»: СПРОБА КОНЦЕПТУАЛІЗАЦІЇ В КОНТЕКСТІ СУЧАСНОЇ ПОЛІТОЛОГІЇТА ГРОМАДЯНСЬКОЇ ОСВІТИ

This article proposes a political interpretation of the concept of the «Russian crisis». It argues that contemporary Russia is experiencing socio-political turbu- lence. The main indicators of the Russian crisis are identified, including the state’s inability to fulfill basic security and social protection functions, loss of interna- tional positions, export of internal crises beyond the country, centrifugal move- ments, electoral process crises, legitimacy crises, economic instability, growing internal conflicts, ideological hostility, social inequalities, and legitimacy crisis of the state system. The regime of the Russian Federation conceals these tenden- cies and focuses on expanding internal repressive measures and the international influence of authoritarian countries. For a long time, the academic environment has to some extent bypassed the coverage of crisis phenomena within Russia. However, the problem is now actively being reconsidered, as crisis processes in Russia have become comprehensive, occurring against the backdrop of social, economic, ethnic, religious, and political processes, in interactions between in- stitutions, interested groups, and individuals. Studying the Russian crisis is a promising direction for both science and civic education. Objective research will allow for a better understanding of the prob- lems and context of the Russo-Ukrainian war, promote the development of criti- cal thinking and national consciousness among citizens. It is emphasized that crisis phenomena in various spheres of socio-political life are interconnected and only exacerbate destructive tendencies in Russia. The necessity of understan- ding the crisis from an interdisciplinary perspective, based on a wide and veri- fied source base, and using systematic monitoring data, in transparent and secure documentation practices, is justified. In the future, it is important to develop re- search on various aspects of the Russian crisis: political-administrative, techno- logical, military, ecological, social vulnerabilities, and others.

Meister Eckhart on the World-Shaping Power of an Equal Mind

Abstract: The focus of this essay is Meister Eckhart's references in the sixth of his "Talks on Discernment" to having an "equal mind." This rather unassuming early metaphor foreshadows many of Eckhart's better-known teachings, such as the "just man," the "ground of the soul," and the "birth of God in the soul." The goal of the essay is to demonstrate the potential of the daily practice of an "equal mind" to transform one's view of the "other," and so to neutralize the ultimately and frighteningly destructive tendency in current discourse to polarize and divide.

Страхование капитального ремонта в Российской Федерации: актуальные проблемы и перспективы

Issues of provision of housing to citizens, dilapidation of the housing stock of the country and the importance of its renovation are named among the acute problems in Addresses of the President of the Russian Federation . A wisely developed system of major renovations of apartment blocks is the most optimal problem solution. However, although the adopted measures have been advanced and timely, they could not alleviate the emerging destructive tendencies, so the legislator has brought forward an initiative to introduce a mechanism of insurance of major renovations in the Russian Federation. This idea is not new in the world’s practice and is quite efficiently implemented in foreign laws and orders, primarily in form of an insurance coverage or performance bond. Its practical implementation in Russia and prospects of successful functioning present a relevant civil task. Following the results of the study, the authors conclude that the efficiency of this novelty will depend on the level of development of its implementation, establishment of the optimal legal framework and organizational mechanism.

Проблематика дефиниции и становления антиценности: методологический аспект

The paper is related to popularization of the phenomenon of anti-value. The main problem of the article is defining anti-value as a radical opposition to value being an axiologically positive phenomenon. In such a paradigm, the former is not just negative but «value-destroying», that is, it is full of destructive tendencies. Moreover, it is radically separated from value, which makes it possible to establish autonomy for it. This implies a certain isolation of anti-value from value. In such a paradigm, there arises a question of defining anti-value as well as the problem of its relationship with value. The study aims to analyze the possibility of formulating a definition of anti-value having its own basis but at the same time not going beyond the axiological sphere. The author employs dialectical, comparative, ethical methods of analysis along with the modeling method. The possibility of defining anti-value is analyzed in the article within the paradigm of its identification with deprivation and condition, with the use of the dualistic and dialectical principle in conjunction with an existential perspective. In addition, the paper considers the model of radical autonomy of anti-value. The author comes to the following conclusions: 1. The dialectical principle does not allow the formation of the concept of anti-value because it is the formation of value that results from development. 2. Considering anti-value as deprivation leads to its direct dependence on value, thereby excluding the autonomy of the former. 3. The analysis of anti-value as a condition also reveals its dependence on value. 4. The model of radical autonomy shows its inadequacy for the formation of a definition. 5. The dualistic approach not only does not solve the problem of defining anti-value but, on the contrary, causes even more problematic issues. 6. The existential approach reveals the redundancy, excessiveness, and groundlessness of introducing anti-value into the system.

Interpreting the Cause of Tess’ Tragedy: Dualism

Tess is widely recognized as the "best novel" of the 19th century by British realist novelist Thomas Hardy. The female protagonist Tess of the novel has also become an immortal artistic figure in the minds of readers.Tess in the novel was born into a poor peasant family, but has the blood of a declining aristocratic lineage . So she not only inherited the humble obedience, tenacious fighting spirit, and survival ability of her grandmother's family, but also had the self-esteem and arrogance from the declining aristocrats of her father's family, as well as the tendency of self destruction. This fact about bloodline is reflected in Tess, which is the duality of her personality. This article analyzes Tess' behavior and demeanor in the novel, more importantly her reactions and choice made to certain matters of significance, focusing on her contradictions in terms of the following aspects, that is, her self-esteem and inferiority complex, her pursuit of instinctual desires, and her construction of a fortress of religious ethics in her heart, her tenacious fighting spirits and weakness in mind . It not only interprets the stubborn and weak willed personality traits of life, but also explains the decisive role of personality in Tess' tragic fate.

Биоэтическая деконструкция феномена зла

Abstract. The phenomenon of evil in modern socialcultural situation from the point of view of bioethics, interpreted as deconstruc-tion is analyzed in the article. Evil as the striving to destruct appears in the form of the dividing of whole and extreme reductionism. In social and anthropological dimensions such reductionism is expressed in the idea of the society as original chaos (war of all against all) which is caused by “evil and vicious human nature”. However this chaos is structured by means of social contract (financial order) coming out in the form of the principle of a lesser evil. Now this structuring is the process of substitution at the new type of order: sur-veillance biocapitalism. This last is the real threat not only to human existence but to the whole bios. From here is the task of the devel-oping of discourse which is able to block given destructive tendency. Such discourse is conservative bioethics as radical ethics of salva-tion, on the basis of which the global bioethos can be formed. Global bioethos is the topos of cooperation and solidarity (Great Harmo-ny). In this new social topos Homo misericordis can rise: human whose main quality is misericordia. Owing to misericordia human overcomes estrangement, enters into a dialogue, and creates the premises for the meeting with Other (the whole totality of bios).

Fire activity and deforestation in Remote Oceanian islands caused by anthropogenic and climate interactions.

Remote islands in the Pacific Ocean (Oceania) experienced dramatic environmental transformations after initial human settlement in the past 3,000 yr. Here, human causality of this environmental degradation has been unquestioned and viewed as evidence of the inherent destructive tendencies of human societies in both archaeological and popular discourse. We use charcoal and stable carbon isotopes from deep soil cores to reconstruct the dynamics of fire activity and deforestation across the Sigatoka River valley on the leeward (dry) side of Viti Levu, Fiji. Fires and pyrogenic patches of grassland predated human settlement by millennia, but the magnitude of fire activity and landscape transformation accelerated with the establishment and expansion of swidden agriculture. Regional comparisons with previous studies in Fiji and elsewhere in Remote Oceania settled between 3,200 and 2,900 yr BP reveal a similar pattern of pre- and post-settlement fire activity and landscape change. Pre-settlement fires generally corresponded to droughts, probably driven by El Niño, often correlating with drought-driven wildfires elsewhere in the region. Post-settlement, charcoal and C4 grasses increased dramatically, but nearly all major peaks in charcoal and grasses corresponded to increased El Niño activity. This indicates that fire activity and deforestation were a product of the interaction between swidden agriculture and climate rather than land use alone.

Commemorative Architecture, Periclean Athens and the Polish Revolution of 1791: Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier’s Parthenon-Inspired Temple for Warsaw

Abstract Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier’s design for the Temple of Providence in Warsaw, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth’s capital, is the earliest known evidence of European fascination with the Parthenon as a model for modern commemorative architecture. However, it was this proposal’s specific political context which makes it especially interesting from the perspective of classical reception studies. It was an artistic reaction of an aristocratic philhellene to the destructive tendencies of the French Revolution on the eve of the Bourbon monarchy’s abolition. The choice of the Parthenon was expressive of Choiseul-Gouffier’s admiration for the idealized heritage of ancient aristocratic republicanism and its alleged relevance to the political culture of the modern ‘republic’ of Poland-Lithuania.

Material Modernities: Aluminum in the Making of a Global Cultural Economy

ABSTRACT Although the human relationship with aluminum is short, the metal has affected our lives and societies more profoundly than perhaps any other. A light metal that does not corrode, aluminum is a key ingredient in airplanes, automobiles, and artillery—three industries that transformed twentieth-century society. As such, aluminum propelled Western modernity toward new understandings and cultural orientations within an increasingly globalized world. Yet as it became a defining ingredient of modernity, aluminum also helped entrench an unequal and racialized international order through extractive systems built on older infrastructures of exploitation. The aluminum supply chain that enabled twentieth-century modernity maps across an earlier transatlantic network that produced the enslaved human labor that was equally formative of our modern era. Racialized landscapes and labor at sites of raw aluminum ore extraction are central to Western modernity, though they are generally erased from its histories. Fully understanding Western industrial modernity requires centering the African lands and bodies that have shaped it, and correcting its destructive tendencies requires prioritizing alternative African visions.

Analysis of “The Level of Relatives’ Emotional Burnout” Measure (V. V. Bocharov, A. M. Shishkova)

Introduction. The relevance of the study is due to the need to address the issues of diagnosing emotional burnout in parents whose children have mental disorders. In theory, there are unresolved issues related to the imperfection of a reliable verification of the theoretical foundations laid down in diagnostic methods, the lack of formation of the terminological apparatus, the lack of a special diagnostic apparatus for studying the emotional burnout of parents that meets the requirements of completeness and consistency. The aim of the article is a categorical analysis of “The Level of Relatives’ Emotional Burnout” measure LREB, developed by V. V. Bocharov and A. M. Shishkova, based on the application of methods of categorical-systemic methodology. Materials and Methods. As methods of categorical-systemic methodology, the hexagram and the pentagram of Wu Xing are used. The study of parents raising children with mental disabilities is carried out by a survey method. The LREB technique is currently undergoing extensive testing. Results. In the course of the study, an analysis of publications on the stated problem was carried out, which showed that the authors use a different terminological apparatus. The phenomenon of emotional burnout of parents is called: parental burnout; parental burnout syndrome; burnout syndrome; emotional exhaustion. This phenomenon indicates that the psychology of emotional burnout is at the initial stage of the formation of a theoretical basis, as a result of which the relevance of the study is beyond doubt. Diagnosing parents raising children with mental disorders made it possible to identify the stages of emotional burnout that are relevant for their state. Discussion and Conclusion. On the basis of the use of the hexagram in the LREB methodology, a dichotomous contradiction in the dyad of resource and destructive tendencies was revealed, and the Wu Xing pentagram made it possible to identify the factors that have the strongest effect on “burnout” parents. The results of the research can be used in the development of diagnostic methods for studying the phenomenon under consideration and allow us to speak about the reliability, completeness and systemicity, developed by V. V. Bocharov and A. M. Shishkova, of “The Level of Relatives’ Emotional Burnout” measure.

Examination of the impact of cyber security on networks operations: A case of Vodafone Ghana

Computer network operations of organizations are always prone to cyber-attacks from different people, including misguided employees within the organization, due to the errors they make which lead to exploitation by cyber criminals. These people normally have destructive tendencies better known to themselves, as they would go to every extent to make sure that their nefarious intentions are achieved. It therefore, behooves on network operation technologists to innovate concrete and tested security measures to secure organizations’ network systems against hackers. The destruction could impact the activities of the organization to come to complete halt, as important information, a resource of the enterprise, may be damaged, stolen or lost. Some of these hackers may then turn around and demand huge sums of money from the organization before the stolen information may be released; likely the restored software may be tainted and therefore, different from the original state. Consequently, management of organizations should make adequate security preparations to forestall these destructive propensities of hackers. Vodafone Ghana therefore, should reinforce its security system to make sure the firewall and password systems, and access to its servers from the outside world are not compromised.

Unusual Case of Painless Osteoblastoma of Rib: A Case Report with Review of Literature

ABSTRACT Osteoblastoma is a rare benign bone tumor commonly located at spine and long bones. However, rib involvement has been reported less frequently. In this report, we describe a young adult female presenting with osteoblastoma of third rib, with the purpose of reviewing clinical, radiological, and histopathological features of osteoblastoma and emphasizing surgical resection as the treatment of choice to lessen chances of recurrence and avoid its confusion with other benign bone tumors by providing adequate tissue for histopathological analysis. Osteoblastoma is an uncommon primary bone tumor accounting for only 1% of all bone tumors. Ribs are involved in less than 5% of patients. The disease has usually a good prognosis with a tendency for local destruction and recurrence. Surgical excision remains the treatment of choice to prevent recurrences and to provide a definite diagnosis differentiating it from osteoblastoma-like osteosarcoma and other benign tumors of the rib.

ЭТНИЧЕСКАЯ ИДЕНТИЧНОСТЬ ДАГЕСТАНСКОЙ МОЛОДЕЖИ: ДИНАМИКА И СОДЕРЖАНИЕ

The last decades of the last century were marked by destructive phenomena in the interethnic sphere, so it is natural to study the transformations taking place in this area. A special place in the national sphere is occupied by ethnic identity, the forms of its existence (positive/negative), because they directly affect the nature of personal communication, form an interethnic climate, and provide stability. The analysis of indicators of reproduction of the ethnic identity of the young generation of Dagestanis shows the priority of the signs of the national language, ethno-culture and religion. It was found that the native language is of little importance for the surveyed Russian population, despite its importance for the rest of the surveyed ethnic formations. The author's hypothesis about the significance of the historical component and historical memory for the reproduction of both ethnic and Russian identities was not confirmed by the results of the study, in comparison with other markers, less in demand in the mass consciousness of Dagestan youth. The "control question" shows a change in the importance of integrators – "being a representative of your people" consists in knowing and following the national traditions and customs of your people with a significantly smaller proportion of those who designated the indicator "national language". Such a position in the attitudes of the interviewed Dagestani youth is due to the transformation of their linguistic consciousness and linguistic behavior, which clearly indicates destructive tendencies in the ethno-linguistic sphere.

Features of the expression of value-semantic determination of leadership among students of different fields of training.

This article analyzes the difference in the severity of value-semantic predictors that influence the manifestations of leadership among students. The study involved students in 5 areas of specialties: economists; political scientists; philologists; lawyers; journalists. The relevance of the study is due to a number of factors. The first is the lack of theoretical and methodological elaboration and conceptually categorical justification of the leadership problem, which makes it difficult to conduct scientific research in this area. The second is the need to educate leaders who will be important figures in modern society, in demand not only from business and production, but also from the state, which is ready to support them. The third is information pressure on young people from the outside, which provokes the emergence of new destructive tendencies. The analysis of variance is carried out. The results of testing according to 6 methods are presented by indicators of rank criteria. Students-journalists have marked the expression of value-semantic predictors. It is recommended for journalism students to actively develop and strengthen their leadership potential. It is important to be aware of your values and beliefs, as well as learn to build effective communication strategies. The revealed features of the value-semantic determination of leadership in each specialty provide a platform for creating individual and group programs of correction and development of leadership skills. These results can also be used as methodological tools in the planning and implementation of educational work with students.