Reason at a crossroads. Public consciousness between the past and future

The collection presents the results of the study of the problems of the development of public consciousness in the era of the began social transformations dictating the need to rethink the principles of the being of mankind. The significance of ideology as a form of public consciousness in which the meanings of the life of society, as well as the influence of the latest information technologies and network communications, is substantiated, is justified. Consciousness is considered in a global context, with a special emphasis on the situation in Russia, experiencing a strip of deep reformation of all aspects of society. The significance of spiritual, value aspects of innovative modernization is revealed. The main features of the mass consciousness of Russians, its inherent contradictions, demarcation and conjugation are traced. The processes of the formation of the civil, political, legal consciousness of Russians, the reflection in the mass consciousness of international conflicts, the features of national identity, the formation of environmental consciousness as a reaction to the destruction of the natural environment are analyzed. The role of public consciousness is shown in solving the key task of modernity - the consolidation of the divided society before global challenges.
The collection is addressed to specialists, graduate students and humanitarian profile students, active citizens who are disturbed by the state of society and who believe in the ability of the mind to cope with its problems