Archaic archetypes and symbols of the Ukrainian and Russian peoples: to debunk the myth of a single people (original) (raw)
CULTURE AND CONTEMPORANEITY, 2024
Abstract. The study explored the phenomenological value of understanding human and social existence within the modern socio-humanitarian paradigm, highlighting how digitalisation, cultural diversity, and socio-historical factors shape information access, social interaction, and the pursuit of a human-centered cultural ideal. The purpose of the article was to determine the role of cultural identity in the formation of a human environment that captures the experiences of all Others through the internalisation and externalisation of the extra-historical unconscious in the form of a “double coding” of associations of semantic dominants of the human-dimensional space of culture. The archetypalaxiological approach viewed collective identity, cultural code, and archetypes as key factors shaping Ukraine’s public ideal in its socio-cultural space. Cultural identification takes place in two stages: in the cultural and artistic communication of people within the framework of social solidarity; through shared historical experiences and archetypal values, the preservation of collective mental frameworks fosters integration, identity, and value-oriented actions for the common good. The article emphasised the existence of a dialectical unity of the processes of formation of collective cultural identity, the axiosphere of the public ideal and the formation of the public ideal of the socio-cultural space. The article analysed the archetypal construct “Home” – “Heart” – “Field” – “Temple” – “Hero” as an imaginary sphere of collective mentality in terms of its relationship with psychology, thinking and culture. These archetypes contain a strong emotional significance and the potential for associative creation of individual and collective mentality according to the ancient formula “future character of the early”. It is substantiated that the archetypal-axiological approach is innovative, since it has three vectors of application at the personal (subjective), transpersonal (objective) and interpersonal (intersubjective) levels. The results of the study can be put into practice through the introduction of independent cultural and artistic practices to form a system of moral and ethical responsibility and promote social integration of society, taking into account the performative nature of social reality Keywords: axiosphere; archetype; creative personality; “double coding”; world design; socio-cultural space
The article examines the mythologization of world vision of modern Ukraine population. As the material for analysis have been used Kiev city newspapers containing free ads formed with the purpose of advertising, short-life stories of gratitude for the "services" of medicaster-sorceress or fortunetellers. Demonstrated that in modern Ukrainian society has accumulated a number of unsolved problems in the social and humanitarian sphere which happening against the backdrop of the collapse of science, clericalization of education and reduction of intellectual level of information recipients. Have been proved that without the development of gender studies are created poor conditions for solving scientific problems in the social sphere. Розглянуто міфологізацію світогляду населення сучасної України. У якості матеріалу для аналізу були використані київські міські газети безкоштовних оголошень, що містили сформовані з рекламною метою, короткі життєві історії-подяки за "по-слуги" знахарок або ворожок. Продемонстровано, що у сучасному українському суспільстві накопичився ряд невирішених проблем у соціально-гуманітарній сфері, що відбувається на тлі розвалу науки, клерикалізації освіти та зниження інтелектуаль-ного рівня реципієнтів інформації. Доведено, що без розвитку гендерних досліджень створюються погані умови для вирішення науково-практичних завдань у соціальній сфері.
"Realms of Memory" of the First Ukrainian Political Emigrants: On the Example of P.Orlyk (1710-1720)
Kononenko V., "Realms of Memory" of the First Ukrainian Political Emigrants..., Ukrainian Historical Journal, 2022
The aim of the article. The investigation deals with study of the realms of memory of the first Ukrainian political émigré representatives (in the first half of the 18th century) on the example of the hetman in exile, Pylyp Orlyk. Realms of memory (lieux de mémoire) are shown as structural elements from which Ukrainian identity was formed at that time. The research is based on historical documents that belonged to P.Orlyk or were written with his participation. In the article is to reconstruct the realms of memory of political emigrants (on the example of P.Orlyk). The article uses the methodology of historical science, primarily the analysis of specific lieux de mémoire. The scientific novelty of the article is the analysis of Cossack realms of memory, which became the basis for the development of Ukrainian identity at that time. Conclusions. The article highlights examples of such realms of memory: territory, cities, rivers, historical heroes, elements of political system, visual lieux de mémoire. Kyiv is shown as an example of the city that established as a key Cossack realm of memory and influenced the Ukrainian identity. Personality of B.Khmelnytskyi is considered as a lieu de mémoire that played an important role in various forms of Ukrainian identity. The Rights and Freedoms and the institution of the general treasurer (pidskarbii) were studied as realms of memory that determined the political values of Cossack society. Cossack Regalia (kleinody) are depicted as a visual expression of Cossack values and identity.
Canadian-American Slavic Studies, 2001
eliminate the not infrequent mistakes and typos. The illustrations should be more closely integrated with the argumentation and analysis.. This is an interesting and substantial collection of articles. What it is not, however, is a post-Soviet primer on post-modernism. While the oppositions evident in the topics discussed above fit the current popular framework of conflicting "constructed identities," for the most part this interpretive matrix can either be replaced by older interpretive frameworks with no less, and probably more, explanatory power or is not actually practiced in the articles. The arguments about "constructed identity" by Schleifman and Holquist could just as easily be recast as pursuit of economic selfinterest by locality, center, and Cossackry respectively in an explanatory matrix that predates Marx. Engel presents a case for inclusion of women, using post-modernist terminology-"problematize the narrative"-but otherwise not distinguished from longstanding arguments of feminists. The articles on the Orthodox Church and multiparty politics are straightforward historical narratives with barely a nod to postmodernism. Kosach's article most comfortably assumes the contours of postmodernist argumentation. This is not accidental. T'he post-modernist approach works best when its subject is un-self-conscious. In both Mozhaisk and with the Cossackry folk are pursuing the time-honored practice of naked self-interest, so pointing out that the emperor has no clothes is not particularly revelatory. That does not mean that post-modernism is inapplicable to either Mozhaisk or Cossackry, but it does mean that the sources utilized should come from ordinary people who are un-self-conscious representatives of the Mozhaisk sacredotal vision or the Cossack claim for ethnicity. This collection is valuable because of the content of the articles, and it would have been better had it not been stretched to fit a post-modernist mold..
The Periodization of Ukrainian and Russian National Identities: a Comparative Analysis
Folklore and ethnology, 2017
The article attempts to analyze and compare the historical periodization of Ukrainian and Russian national identity. The main problem of this research is a political and mentality specificity of both nations caused by the political and historical differences. Diedush, O. (2017) The Periodization of Ukrainian and Russian National Identities: a Comparative Analysis. Folk Art and Ethnology, 6 (370), 45–50.
The Ethnolinguistic Aspect of the Ukrainian Tales Narration
International Journal of Multidisciplinary Thought (IJMT), 2019
The study deals with the problem of folklore narration in the Ukrainian tales. The linguistic aspect of the ethnic world-view is one of the topical trends in the modern interdisciplinary studies of the language in relation to the society. Special interest in the study is focused on the structural peculiarities of the Ukrainian tales, their lexis, and pragmatics. The conceptual analysis of the semantics in the Ukrainian tales brings to the understanding of the communicative-pragmatic function of their texts. The investigation is trying to systematize the culturally-marked lexis in the Ukrainian folk tales in the English language translation.
Ar E rule, hlntorlans of historiography provide accounts of a gradual but pro-l|lrrlvo emcrgence of "objective knowledge" which separates views that have ir4 to thc foriration of "scientific history" from those that are in one way or lmlhor Chlracterieed as wrong. The former are then praised while the latter are ifn,ctroU. Thir approach hai its merits but it cannot provide us with a history oihow tho p6st was understood in the past. The Westem critical tradition, which inoiu.to, doiorminist Marxism, attempts to distinguish between truth and legend ,r rirrr, und tcnds to dismiss or overlook what was regarded as hisrorical know-iLfd fn tfro p,Bt. yct, legend and myth does influence behaviour, and, therefore, Wtfif fnC crlticul method might identify as "lies" or "tricks" is none the less iip,rrrinr und worthy of study, especially for pre-industrial societies, where ,,hirlorlcnl lrulh" w8s anything ihat conformed to the community's conception of lho pnrt,l Nsrrullvc hlstory, Georges Sorel pointed out, traditionally was important to frlCty not hccsu$c it *u* tru" or "objective," but because it provided a useful rf lttilcrlr. picture of the past. For most people the past was not reasoned *irniir,,t,rgtcul cxplunation, but a series of images of outstanding events which Inrlltkur-nnrl mcmory told them led to imponant changes in their world' The hlrt0rlnn who wunt$ to identify this particular kind of historical knowledge rhrultl crumlnc hiri texts as much for continuities as for changes, and ask il;iilnuch us: whst did the literate remember after they had forgotten facts? *'hrt f ln4 of un impression of an event or country remained in the mind after lhr hxrkr lnd urricles were put away? what did the illiterate remember after the nort'l.llor hrd lcft? llroro rcnlclual images make up the structure of historical consciousness or ilI ncrur ol' hlrtoricul-myths that bind peoples and nations together. Broadly ilillnf, thlr knowlcdge may be divided into official, unofficial, "elite"' and tfr1i;;j, Fjlrc knowlc-clge, offical and unofficial, had a pennanence because it Ji n nyA"l. lnnofar a* ofticial historiography was written by or for members t i *f f o5 .lltc, lt oqioycd the authority and prestige bestowed by statehood and i*'-,ffii*lnotlon thanks to govemment sponsorship. "Popular" historical l;"bJr;. offlclal und unofficial, existed in the consci::::"::.of lh: ftt-"i mpuiffton, Though corrcsponding to a degree with "elite" knowledge and [iftn. irorontr oI official and unofficial historiography, the "popular" imagc iii pai wlr rlmplcr and impcrmsnent because, until recently, it was trans-fO itroily, wlrhl; glven communitics clitc historical knowledge and popular xlv National Historv as Cultural Process understanding of the past interrelates on what Vico called a "public ground of truth." This relationship was almost predetermined if for no other reason than because the chronicler/historian leamed parts of each as a child. Indeed, unless the chronicler/historian at least started from his reader's half-conscious assumptions about their past, he most probably would not have been read and would have forfeited the possiblity of changing or rectifying popular belief. His final synthesis was usually a reflection of the prevailing mythology, although his image of the past was carefully pieced together in accordance with certain methodological principles, a system of formal logic, and some kind of precise cogency. The symbiotic relationship between scholarship and myth was thereby only modified not eliminated. l{ational History as Cultural Process traces the evolution of interpretations of Ukraine's past in survey histories of Poland, Russia and Ukraine. The book provides a guide to and summary of the Polish, Russian and Ukrainian elite images of Ukrainian history but also examines the broader issue of how interpretations change. As a comparative study of historiography as ideology this study does not judge interpretations according to criteria of truth and validity. While this book was in press, the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences and the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute issued the first volumes in two series that will reprint, or publish for the first time, the classics of Ukrainian historiography' By early next century these works will be much more readily available to readers.
Eurasian Images, Archetypes and Mirages: Vectors from Ancient Times to Nowadays
2020
National and ethnic archetype that is being carved in tales, folklore, and epos for centuries, is a key to understanding imagology as a set of images and notions about a culture or nationality. In Eurasia, gradual evolution of archetypes of different peoples was overthrown by World War I, which created new peoples, new borders and new nations. In the article, on the basis of studying Magyar national archetype and its relationships with other Eurasian archetypes, mainly Germanic and Turan, we are outlining a hypothesis that a clear delineation "our own – foreign" that would defy the globalisation, is a necessary prerequisite for the sustainable and productive co-existence of Eurasian cultures and nationalities and an important condition of Eurasia's future development.