THE ARCHETYPE OF HOLY RUSSIA IN THE RUSSIAN MENTALITY
The article is the result of the joint observations of a philosopher and a linguist on the current state of the basic archetypes that lie in the foundation of understanding of the image of the Motherland in the Russian national mentality. Such archetypes, according to the authors, are the archetypes of «Motherland», «Mother Earth» and «Holy Russia». The study of the linguistic material of various Internet sites and forums led to the conclusion that the archetype «Motherland» is currently undergoing some changes due to the current socio-economic conditions. In this article an attempt is made to fix the stability/instability of the archetype «Holy Russia». The archetype of Holy Russia is considered in the linguistic and philosophical aspect; its close connection with Orthodoxy and archetypes «Motherland» and «Mother Earth» is indicated, which is confirmed by the texts of the oldest genres: spiritual verses and epics. The dual essence of the archetype of Holy Russia: spiritual and social (secular) forms of its existence, is noted. The analysis of philosophical, philological and some historiosophical theoretical works of this subject, as well as lexicographical material of dictionaries is carried out. It is noted that philosophical and modern linguistic dictionaries connect the concept of «Holiness» first of all with Orthodoxy, such correlation is not observed among the representatives of the younger generation of native speakers, who define «Holy» as «best», «sacred», etc. The conclusion is made about the destruction of the archetype in the social (secular) reality that deals with extralinguistic causes of the destruction of the archetype, among which are rationalism and pragmatism of the modern person and the loss of understanding of the Motherland as a spiritual object.