"POST-TRUTH": SECURITY CHALLENGES, SCIENTIFIC DISCUSSIONS, POLITICAL SLANG

Abstract

Political development and political stability, international and national security depends on society's ability to recognize the real and the imaginary. The concept of "post-truth" is such an interpretation of phenomena / relations / processes (including socio-political) that does not correspond to reality or partially distorts it. The post-truth in political life indicates a decrease in attention to facts when defining strategies, a certain “devaluation” of primary sources when making political decisions, a crisis of confidence on the way to the development of democracy, peace, a secure world. It is an instrument of political struggle and modern wars. The contradictory meaning of the concept requires a political science understanding. This problem as a part of the categorical apparatus of political science, socio-political slang, and security challenges is analyzed.

Interdisciplinary approaches and methods are used. Political dictionaries and encyclopedias, official documents, materials of popular sites, "ratings" of frequently used words are analyzed. A retrospective analysis, in particular to Soviet history, made it possible to elucidate certain factors of widespread deformations in society's understanding of the phenomenon of truth. Post-truth politics is characterized as the manipulation of basic knowledge of history and politics, as simplification, strengthening the emotional components of political ideologies. It is a threat to understanding, effective exchange of political information, political socialization. It is a test of community literacy and endurance. There aren`t talks about the introduction of a new scientific concept, but focuses on the responsibility of the intellectual environment to the post-truthful circumstances of our time.