Open AccessPolicy of counteraction against occult practices in Russia: historical and legal analysis (the 17th to the 21st centuries)
Author(s) -
Yuliya S. Karavayeva,
Anna A. Kosmovskaya
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
vestnik kostromskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta imeni n.a. nekrasova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1998-0817
DOI - 10.34216/1998-0817-2019-25-3-199-205
Subject(s) - occult , legislation , opposition (politics) , conformity , population , politics , political science , law , context (archaeology) , state (computer science) , sociology , geography , medicine , demography , alternative medicine , pathology , archaeology , algorithm , computer science
This article deals with the problem of countering occult practices in Russia in the 17th to the 21st centuries. At certain historical stages of development of the Russian state, the legislator offers various legal assessments of occult services. Thus, depending on the socio-political situation, these services were either recognised as criminal or received a neutral assessment. The results of a sociological study with the participation of the population of Perm and Perm Land, as well as an analysis of the relevant provisions of the monuments of Russian law and current legislation allow the authors to formulate their own position regarding the specifics of legal opposition to occult practices in the context of the current socio-economic situation. The authors state that the assignment of occult services to economic activities, their widespread distribution and conformity with the world outlook of the majority of the population impede the legal recognition of the crime of occult practices.