Article
Article name	The Role of Myth in Extremism: the Socio-Philosophical Analysis
Authors	Izluchenko T.V. Candidate of Philosophy, Associate Professor, izluchenko@mail.ru
Bibliographic description	Izluchenko T. V. The Role of Myth in Extremism: the Socio-Philosophical Analysis // Humanitarian Vector. 2021. Vol. 16, No. 2. PP. 88–96. DOI: 10.21209/1996-7853-2021-16-2-88-96.
Section	AXIOLOGY OF CULTURE
UDK	316.75:82-343:323.28
DOI	10.21209/1996-7853-2021-16-2-88-96
Article type
Annotation	This study examines myth as an ideological component of extremism. The objective is to define the role and meaning of myths in extremist activities. Extremism is a socio-cultural and political phenomenon of modern culture, expressed in actions against the foundations of the constitutional order and public security. Myths contribute to the formation of a holistic picture of the world, to the construction of an alternative social reality, and the creation of models of thinking and behavior that correspond to the goals and objectives of extremist organizations. The research methodology is based on the theories of myth by A. Losev and M. Eliade, on the phenomenological approach of P. Berger and T. Luckmann to the construction of reality, on the cognitive features proposed by A. Kruglanski, and the interpretation of deviance by J. Gilinsky. Extremist behavior is a form of deviance, expressing in the committing of non-normative actions that threaten the stability of society and activate the mechanisms of social control. Extremist thinking is the result of psychological construction, which arose on the basis of the unnatural functioning of the cognitive system. Extremist ideologies contain myths about the future ideal state and/or society, heroes, and legendary personalities, as well as eschatological myths. Essentially, these myths do not differ from the myths inherent in other types of activity and socio-cultural phenomena. However, they contribute to extremism by demonstrating acceptable and unacceptable norms of behavior as exemplified by some legendary personalities; interpretation of historical events and processes of social reality following the political goals of organizations; creation and transmission of relevant ideas and values; the formation of identity and a sense of exclusivity among extremists.
Key words	extremism, extremist organizations, ideology, myth, future state, ideal society, deviance
Article information
References	1. Eremin, S. G., Skorikov, D. G., Trishkina, E. A. Genesis of extremism and forms of manifestation of extremist activity. Jurist-jurist, 2017: 218–222. (In Rus.) 2. Baisaidova, G. S., Alibekova, S. Ya. Religious and political extremism as a form of deviation in the conflict space. KANT, no. 4, pp. 132–135, 2019. (In Rus.) 3. Ganaeva, E. E. Youth extremism as a type of deviation. Young scientist, no. 12, pp. 361–363, 2012. (In Rus.) 4. Kruglanski, A., Fernandez, J., Factor, A., Szumowska, E. Cognitive mechanisms in violent extremism. Cognition, vol. 188, pp. 116–123, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2018.11.008. (In Engl.) 5. Andriyanov, V. N. Constitutional and legal bases of counteraction to extremism. All-Russian criminological journal, no. 1, pp. 32–42, 2017. https://doi.org/10.17150/2500-4255. (In Rus.) 6. Berger, P., Lukman, T. The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge. M: Medium, 1995. (In Rus.) 7. Gilinskiy, Ya. I. Globalization and deviance. Academic Bulletin, no. 2, pp. 8–13, 2012. (In Rus.) 8. Zabirov, R. V., Ivanchuk, O. V. Phenomenological analysis of the concepts “extremism”, “youth extremism”, “prevention of youth extremism”. Bulletin of modern research, no. 3, pp. 66–70, 2019. (In Rus.) 9. Sergun, E. P. Legal support for countering extremist activities in the Russian Federation. Legal policy and legal life, no. 2, pp. 195–198, 2006. (In Rus.) 10. Beller, Joh., Kroger, C. Religiosity, Religious Fundamentalism, and Perceived Threat as Predictors of Muslim Support for Extremist violence. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, vol. 4, pp. 345–355, 2018. https:// doi.org/10.1037/rel0000138. (In Engl.) 11. Mikheeva, S. N., Skipskiy, G. A. The phenomenon of right-wing radical extremism in Europe and the United States and the problems of countering it by state authorities at the present stage. Bulletin of the Ural law Institute of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Russia, no. 3, pp. 129–134, 2020. (In Rus.) 12. Komlev, Yu. Yu. Empirical study of deviance. On the way from triangulation of statistical, quantitative and qualitative methods. Bulletin of the Kazan Law Institute of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Russia, no. 1, pp. 12–22, 2011. (In Rus.) 13. Yaroshevich, E. A. Deviance and victimhood of the individual in the genesis and development of deviant behavior. Bulletin of Mogilev State University named after A. A. Kuleshov. Ser. D, Economics, sociology, law, no. 2, pp. 53–59, 2016. (In Rus.) 14. Kunst, Jo., Obaidi, M. Understanding violent extremism in the 21st century: the (re)emerging role of relative deprivation. Current Opinion in Psychology, vol. 35, pp. 55–59, 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.03.010. (In Engl.) 15. Van Prooijen, J.-W., Kuijper, S. M. H. C. A Comparison of Extreme Religious and Political Ideologies: Similar Worldviews but Different Grievance. Pers. Individ. Differ, vol. 159, art. no. 109888, 2020. https://doi. org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.109888. (In Engl.) 16. Losev, A. F. Dialectics of myth. M: Mysl, 2002. (In Rus.) 17. Eliade, M. Aspects of myth / translated from Fr. M: Academic project, 2000. (In Rus.) 18. Belov, S. I. Correlation of the concepts “political myth” and “historical myth”. MSU Bulletin. Episode 12. Political science, no. 3, pp. 39–48, 2018. (In Rus.) 19. Veretevskaya, A. V. On the danger of political myth for social development (on the example of the myth of multiculturalism in Europe). Questions of philosophy, no. 5, pp. 52–64, 2018. (In Rus.) 20. Ozer, S. Globalization and radicalization: a cross-national study of local embeddedness and reactions to cultural globalization in regard to violent extremism. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, vol. 76, pp. 26–36, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2020.02.007. (In Engl.) 21. Hoffman, A. Understanding conflict and the role of community development: is building a peaceful society within our reach? Aggression and Violent Behavior, vol. 37, pp. 63–70, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j. avb.2017.09.003. (In Engl.) 22. Pavlović, T., Wertag, A. Proviolence as a mediator in the relationship between the dark personality traits and support for extremism. Personality and Individual Differences, vol. 168, p. 110374, 2021. https://doi. org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110374. (In Engl.) 23. Coates, Jo. Utopia – An obsolete concept. Tech logical Forecasting and Social Change, vol. 113, pp. 110–111, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2016.10.057. (In Engl.) 24. Campbell, J. The Hero with a Thousand Faces / transl. from Eng. K: Sofiya, 1997. (In Rus.)
Full article	The Role of Myth in Extremism: the Socio-Philosophical Analysis
	0
	24