Open AccessMODERN MYTH AS A MEANS OF CONSTRUCTING REALITY
Author(s) -
Valentina Lvovna Tikhonova
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
vestnik astrahanskogo gosudarstvennogo tehničeskogo universiteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2687-1076
pISSN - 1812-9498
DOI - 10.24143/1812-9498-2018-2-134-138
Subject(s) - mythology , sociocultural evolution , illusion , psyche , aesthetics , space (punctuation) , plot (graphics) , social reality , relevance (law) , sociology , epistemology , psychology , literature , social science , art , philosophy , political science , anthropology , law , cognitive psychology , linguistics , statistics , mathematics
The myth in the modern sociocultural space bears an important cultural and social burden, has many forms and manifestations and is used by modern man consciously and with specific goals. The influence of mythology on modern society is ambiguous. An example is the illusory picture of the world produced by Russian television series intended for a female audience. The low quality of these products and the unified standard of the plot based on the archetypical images of the characters, are capable of playing on the psyche of viewers susceptible to the offered illusions, on the one hand, comforting, on the other - leading away from real life. The fact of the existence of myth in the modern cultural space, its relevance in the world of social relations proves the reality of the existence and functioning of mythological thinking.