The Absence of a Single Ideological and Value Construct of the Image of the State as a Threat to Russia's National Security

Abstract

The article analyzes the impact of the absence of a single ideological and value construct of the image of the state in the minds of young people on the state of national security of the country. In the course of the research, an attempt is made to describe the current ideological constructs of the state that exist in the minds of young people. The authors study the consequences of the intervention of actors interested in destabilizing the socio-political system in the process of constructing the image of the state in the perception of young people. The analysis is conducted through the analysis of cases involving Russian youth in the current political agenda. The theoretical and methodological basis of the study was a secondary analysis of the results of research on the value bases of political activity of young people, in which ideological ideas and attitudes are considered in the structure of moral and political consciousness. The organization of the socio-political system of the country takes place in a single information space, where the prism of moral and ethical values is constructed. Young people, as an age group characterized by not well-established life imperatives and a high level of content consumption, are ready to look at what is happening in the state through the prism offered to them in the information space. The problem of creating content is compounded by the lack of a single ideological and value construct that can justify to young people the need for actions taken by state institutions. The concepts of ideas about the state that exist among the younger generation are fragmentary and antagonistic, as they were spontaneously formed on the remnants of the Soviet ideological heritage and integrated Western narratives. In this article, the authors attempt to formulate current threats to national security based on a secondary analysis of studies of the value perceptions of young people and the motives for their participation in protest actions, which are based on the ideological disorganization of the younger generation of Russians.