Destructive social ideals in the Russian linguistic consciousness of the 19th – early 20th centuries

The article deals with the phenomenon of the destructive social ideal in the Russian linguistic consciousness of the 19th – early 20th centuries. The relevance of the study is accounted for by the need to investigate the causes of the emergence of destructive thinking among native Russian speakers, which led to the formation of distorted values that influence modern society as well. The purpose of the article is to consider the process of formation of the destructive social ideal in the Russian linguistic consciousness of the stated period, as well as the ways of its personification and material embodiment through the analysis of literary texts. The main reasons for the emergence of destructive behaviour models in Russian society have been identified. The features of their perception by representatives of various social strata, the consequences of their permeation into all social strata, their influence on the formation of the Russian mentality have been considered. In the course of the poetic texts analysis, the vocabulary is revealed that directly reflects the worldview of native Russian speakers. It has been formed under the influence of the destructive social ideal.