MANIFESTATION OF THE CRISIS OF SPIRITUALITY IN THE EVERYDAY INFORMATION SOCIETY Cover Image

КРИЗОВІ ПРОЯВИ ДУХОВНОСТІ У ПОВСЯКДЕННОСТІ ІНФОРМАЦІЙНОГО СУСПІЛЬСТВА
MANIFESTATION OF THE CRISIS OF SPIRITUALITY IN THE EVERYDAY INFORMATION SOCIETY

Author(s): Ruslan Anatolievitch Mekhailovsky
Subject(s): Media studies
Published by: Національний юридичний університет імені Ярослава Мудрого
Keywords: spirituality; everyday life; information society; mentality; identity; self- realization of man;

Summary/Abstract: Problem setting. The spiritual man as a historical and cultural phenomenon repeatedly changed and was different in different cultures. Today, under the influence of the progress of science is «scrapping» the data invariants. Itself spirituality as the most important value of a person, requires a new understanding. In today’s information society, the crisis of spirituality is manifested in all socio-cultural sphere.Recent research and publications analysis shows that to study the nature of spirituality in the information society lies at the intersection of the planes subject to many branches of science. To Russian philosophy peculiar is the study of various aspects of the content of spirituality, the specifics of spiritual expression and functioning in the context of the culture of intellectual production, in the activities of society as a whole and of the individual. However, today, spirituality is perceived and studied as a phenomenon solely a positive orientation that does not correspond to modern realities.Paper objective. The purpose of this article is to attempt an initial understanding of the crisis dimensions of spirituality in the information society.Paper main body. In modern society, are becoming more widespread erroneous assessment of such practices, ascribed to them a creative, positive and even curative potential and interpret altered States of consciousness and perception as the source of qualitatively new information about the soul and reality to further personal growth. Sensing on the faith of such an evaluation, the person recklessly rushes in «spiritual quest» for the sake of ephemeral spiritual attainments, without hesitation, leaving the normal everyday life, she wished that these «spiritual state» became the personal experiences of everyone and believes in the possibility of transformation of the consciousness of all people in General. It is noted that in the formation of modern information society, a return to a spirituality of everyday life is a few dangerous; this process is associated with the ability to change mental and mental structures, as it allows the juxtaposition of experiences, ideals, principles and values of culture and civilization, which can lead to the abandonment of fundamental moral values. All this undermines the life world of a person deprived of his usual support and meaning, people lose life goals and the ability to preserve their identity in such conditions.The very consciousness of human existence in philosophy is determined spumonte human and spiritual reality. Such an interpretation makes spirituality historically changeable formation, which again and again is determined by the boundary between the categories of the mental and spiritual. Spirituality is a factor in the structuring of different levels of subjectivity. It is intermittent, but not a normative category, is not a once and for all prescribed list of samples to be pursued identity for the sake of«achieving spirituality», its volatility predetermined by the fact that the singing is a dimension that sets it depends on valuable orientations of the person. Each person carries out a spiritual search on their «field of spirituality», as its worked out her way, and the result of this search depends on the image of the «internal universe» of a particular person or historical eras as a whole.Conclusions of the research. For structures of the information society is characterized by the presence of stable forms of perception inherent in the representatives of the information community. Information technology becomes the Foundation on which make up the world of modern network person. The most important indicator of the effectiveness of picture of the world her unconscious expression in everyday life. The surrounding reality is perceived through the «information filter», resulting in a changed spiritual perception of reality.