Conspiratorial myth as a specific phenomenon of social awareness

  • Vukan Slavković College of Applied Criminalistic Studies and Security, 80–84 Bulevar Svetog cara Konstantina, Niš 18000, Serbia; University of Montenegro, 320 Old Town, Kotor 85330, Montenegro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0151-464X

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyse the widely accepted assumptions about the influence of conspiracy theory on the comprehension of the actions of different social groups. By analysing social life, we may be able to discover, and to understand intuitively, how and why any particular event came about and we may clearly understand its causes and effects. Nevertheless, we are unable to formulate general laws which would serve as a description, in general terms, of such causal links. A new type of conspirative myth has become a popular way of adopting and interpreting events, especially among educated people. Socioeconomic and political changes in society, which appeared in modern times, also determined the actuality of conspiracy theories.

Author Biography

Vukan Slavković, College of Applied Criminalistic Studies and Security, 80–84 Bulevar Svetog cara Konstantina, Niš 18000, Serbia; University of Montenegro, 320 Old Town, Kotor 85330, Montenegro

doctor of science (law); professor at the department of criminal law, criminal procedural law and criminalistics and professor of commercial law at the faculty of tourism and hotel management

 

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Published
2022-02-28
Keywords: conspiracy, ethical principle, social societies, rationalistic approach, conspiracy theories
How to Cite
Slavković, V. (2022). Conspiratorial myth as a specific phenomenon of social awareness. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology, 1, 59-67. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/philosophy/article/view/4215
Issue
No 1 (2022): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology
Section
Social Researches

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