Open AccessPolitical and legal Manipulation as a Psychological Phenomenon and a Scientific Category
Author(s) -
Alexander Malko,
В В Субочев
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
psihologiâ i pravo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2222-5196
DOI - 10.17759/psylaw.2021110113
Subject(s) - lawmaking , politics , interpretation (philosophy) , phenomenon , political science , political consciousness , consciousness , law , epistemology , sociology , law and economics , psychology , legislature , computer science , philosophy , programming language
The article attempts to justify and introduce the scientific term of "political and legal manipulation" that will make it possible to reach a new level of discussion of closely coupled psychological, political and legal means influencing the public consciousness.It is maintained that the term under discussion offers a kind of a methodological stepping stone in the research of the two most important aspects of a far-reaching process of political and legal influence on social processes: a) legal mechanisms, tools, tricks and techniques of carrying out certain political manipulations; b) the impact of political expediency on the law itself, on the processes of lawmaking, implementation and interpretation of law within nations of the world.Political and legal manipulation is viewed as a form of psychological impact on the social relations combining psychological, political and legal means.The article studies in detail the nature, essence and indicators of political and legal manipulation, its main goals and objectives, as well as the selection of tools that lends such a specific character to this kind of manipulation.