The mentality of generations in the fluid modernity

Abstract

The monograph presents a new perspective on the problem of studying the mentality of generations in situations of uncertainty in modern life. The mentality of generations was considered in science from the classical, traditionalist positions as a special mentality, the worldview of large groups. Changing fluid modernity sets a new methodology for studying complex objects, allowing a different approach to the phenomenon of mentality as a construct created by scientists under the influence of the dominant forms of discourse in society. The construction paradigm gave us the opportunity to present the concept of the mentality of generations from different perspectives, when there is no established framework, and the mentality is not the precise form set by each new generation in society. Generations themselves as symbolic research entities reveal moving boundaries and diverse types and types. The studies analyzed in the monograph reflected the diversity of processes occurring at the generation boundaries in their interaction. The paper presents our studies of the mentality of generations in recent years.