Open AccessThe Essential Link between Mythological and Legal Consciousness
Author(s) -
Valeriy P. Malakhov
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
istoriâ gosudarstva i prava
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1812-3805
DOI - 10.18572/1812-3805-2021-4-26-31
Subject(s) - mythology , dialectic , consciousness , social consciousness , legal consciousness , sociology , law , political science , psychology , epistemology , philosophy , theology
The article analyzes the mythological roots of the legal consciousness both at its doctrinal and masseveryday level. The basis for the characterization of the mythological nature of the main forms of public consciousness is the dialectic of the general and individual. The result of the analysis of this dialectic is the conclusion that law-consciousness, in comparison with other forms of social consciousness associated with organizational and regulatory activities in society, is the most mythologized. The author reveals the specifics of the mythological component in the modern public legal consciousness.