Basic social ontology and value orientations of modern russian youth: Political self-identification problem

This paper considers the analysis of the political self-identification of modern Russian youth. The author emphasizes the special role of the value-semantic sphere in the process of self-identification, as it produces political symbols and forms an attitude towards them. The study proves that of the two ways of perceiving information — cognitive and evaluative — the latter prevails in the process of political self-identification. The social environment in which young people live actively supported this trend. As a result, the processes of political self-identification of modern Russian youth are incomplete and have contextually labile features.