| Annotation |
The paper studies the formation of the philosophy of suicide, the involvement of participants of different
ages and statuses in death groups, and also reveals the specifics of the development of the philosophy of suicide
in the digital world. The theoretical basis for the development of the philosophy of suicide in the virtual world is the
concept of the game and the person playing by Johan Huizinga. Playing as a principle of the virtual world leaves
its mark on the irrational foundations of the work of consciousness, where the lines between real and unreal,
between life and death, between the willingness to start re-living life after death as in a computer game and the
ability to also perceive suicide, after which another life is possible, are blurred in the same world. As a confirmation
of the hypotheses put forward, we present the results of a qualitative study conducted by the method of
structural-symbolic analysis of 1820 publications on the Internet, on sites and pages of social networks, which
reflect the psychology and philosophy of suicide. The data obtained were analyzed using cluster analysis of the
AskNET package. As well as an expert survey of psychologists, psychotherapists, philosophers, culturologists,
priests working on the theoretical understanding of suicide issues or with those who have had suicide attempts.
As a result, data were obtained on the irrational foundations of thinking of those who are prone to suicide or
suicidal behavior, unwillingness to solve their social fears and limitations, the presence of behavioral stigmatization,
the absence of critical thinking, emotional, cognitive and intellectual rigidity. There are three strategies for
the development of the philosophy of suicide in the virtual world: auto-aggression, imposed ideas about death,
contagiousness (imitation) of the behavior of members of death groups. The structure of the development of the
philosophy of suicide, which is maximally revealed in the virtual world, is also substantiated: reliance on existing
buildings, mythologization, crystallization, alternative options, rebirth. Further research is needed to study resistance
to external pressure, readiness to obey and find support in closed communities of death and to analyze
virtual-mediated philosophy of suicide. |
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