THE HEART OF DARKNESS: TRAUMATIC INCLUSION

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the genesis, dynamics, and prospects of destructive processes in the global community of the twenty-first century. Methods: the problem is considered in the form of narrative descript (political philosophy) using scenario-psychological approach, hermeneutic methods of comparative studies and specific analysis of complex self-organizing systems (self-organizing criticality). Results: the pattern was defined of the genesis of quasi-sovereign post-colonial territories as "traumatic inclusions", structurally unable to fit into the global civilization text; the socio-cultural trend was identified towards the "culture of death" and the associated strategic risks were listed. Scientific novelty: we analyzed the secondary process of deconstruction of post-Imperial continental massifs as one of the sources of high risks for civilization when passing the post-industrial barrier; described the probability of extending the range of secular and post-secular destructive ideological alternatives that could serve as an incentive for terrorist activity. Practical value: the findings and provisions of the article are applicable in research and educational practice for the assessment of global risks of civilization, for understanding the genesis and prospects of the current world order, and for development of methods to resist the negative trends and processes associated with new forms of terrorist activities.

Keywords

• future
• crisis
• transit
• modernity
• world order
• political organization
• empire
• nation state
• failed states
• terrorism
• neo-archaization
• gnosticism
• nihilism
• the culture of death