Between Creation and Conquest. Part 1. Psycho-ideology of War
The paper presents the first part of the analytical study “Between Creation and Conquest”. A brief newspaper version of the text was previously published in Nezavisimaya Gazeta (see: Rubtsov A.V., Psychoideology of Wars. - Nezavisimaya Gazeta. Nauka. 26.04.2022). Options for solving the “basic issue” of the philosophy of war are considered. The limitations of functional materialism, which reduces the explanation of military conflicts and paramilitary actions exclusively to a rational calculation of purely practical interests, are shown. Within the framework of the concept of psychohistory and psychoideology, the sometimes-decisive importance of psycho-emotional factors, complexes, and fixations, as well as conquests in ideological bridgeheads and territories of meanings, is substantiated. A separate role is assigned to the state of “overheated cold civil war” in relation to several specific circumstances of the use of military force. The key aspects of military aesthetics and political narcissism in power actions of various orientations and formats are considered.