Sergei Enikolopov: "Restricting meetings, receive power attacks"

One of my favorite psychologists and representatives psihfak. Clever man, charming in person. Thanks Gabriel Minsk for a link to the interview:


Head of Medical Psychology NTSPZ Medical Sciences, one of the leading experts on the psychology of aggression Sergei Enikolopov sure that power has sown the wind, after which shall reap the whirlwind: new laws could result in an unprecedented outbreak of violence and even destroy Russian society itself. < br />
Sergei, what do you think made this summer, laws relating to increase penalties for violations of the rallies, change laws on media, NGOs and the return of the criminal prosecution for slander? They can do anything about the psychology of people or individuals?

Well, politically passive part of the population, these laws just no effect. Members of the protest movement, they were angry, because these people believe - the laws are directed personally against them. But, I think, a solid majority of people will accept them gladly. This is especially true of the law of libel. Many people today think that they are suffering from slander, and now they will be happy to litigate. It is even for small bourgeois, who will be happy to get a new tool for PR and anti-competitive.

And if you translate the content of these laws into the language of interpersonal relationships, would it sound? Maybe this is the cry of fear of power, for example?
She herself does not seem frightened by contrast, she is afraid of his opponents, trying to intimidate and acts from a position of strength.
This probably sounds like " will behave badly, get a slap in the face ».

When thinking in general, this position of power and the laws, they somehow can cause changes in Psychology citizens can provide some social transformation?

Hardly a transformation can serve in the name of the law, which most people do not read. Laws excite only a certain section of the public, and the other does not care about. But that behavior change is possible, but not on the law. The problem is complex and does not only visible forms of protest. We also have arbitrary power structures, and what to do with the court - no one knows. And not only in the sentence Pussy Riot. The same is happening and civil cases, and others, and it's not all the orders from above, this is not about power, associated only with the very destruction of the institution of the court. All of this - the factors that influence the behavior of citizens, leading to changes in the first place to the fact that society has become
absolutely anomichnym.

What does this mean?

This means that society as a whole ceases to feel the existence of any rules. It is not even on the norms prescribed in the law, people lose even feel pervoosnovnyh rules, to the extent that it is necessary at the meeting to say hello, or go to the doctor - it will require analysis. People fall into the new reality, they do not know today whether to give a bribe, or the right to rock. The majority is in a situation where so and do not know in particular - the medicine we have paid or free.
People are faced with the fact that reality is contrary to their past experience, and personal experience is contrary to what is written on paper or said on TV

and the like.

And where does it lead?

it destroys trust in society, trust between people and government. Begin to disappear things like empathy, compassion. But the main thing - the concept of justice is destroyed. And this in turn has led to the destruction of public property and institutions.
In anomichnom society people live without understanding the purpose of his existence and the means to achieve their goals.

This leads, in particular, to ideas prevalent today among some young people that learn, for example, do not, but you can make a career by purchasing a diploma. Or, for example, many people today believe that the Golden Age was in Russia until 1917, did not hesitate to why there was this same 1917-th. And so on.

This is very dangerous?

It is dangerous because it can lead to anything . In anomichnom society always big layer of conformists that in such a situation becomes very, fanatical traditionalists. The tradition is sacred to them, the violation of which must be punished severely. From less conformist society of someone leaving for Goa (there's not leave our homeless people, they just can not get there), someone leaves a monk or something. In general, these people carry out maintenance of social life, since social life can not give them anything.
Society for thinking people become too cynical, messy and confusing.

And today the number of hard-core traditionalists and departed from the social life of people can say that our society is dysfunctional. The consequence of this, by the way, is also observed today, a large number of murders and suicides. And the recent legislative initiatives, or rather the position of power that these laws reflect only exacerbate the situation.

But it slow process, in which power may well close our eyes today. Especially because anomichnym society, apparently, easier to manage, yes?

I'm talking about the processes that we are already coming in 1991. All this does not last 10 years, as some say, a 20. Society is becoming poorer and poorer. The previous one, so to speak, the power, until 2000 was well aware that the poorer the society is, the better for them. We are dealing with the base embedded in the 90's. Today the intelligence community is already the order is reduced, and the process continues, there is no indication that they wanted to stop.
Of course, any government is much more pleasant when people remain silent. But, since it lasts 20 years, the process of accumulation. All activities become part of the society that understands - so you can not live.

And these people are both in power and out of power. But power is limited demonstrations, fearing riots. So now, restricting rallies, authorities received the attacks.

And that you expect in the short term?

Alas. Soon we will not talk about Muslim terrorism is not something alien, and will be a social terrorism in the 70's in Germany. Then a large number of young people considered it wrestlers creators German economic miracle what we believe the power of now.
And then they saw no alternative but to kill and blow up. And avoid the same, we will be very difficult.

But perhaps?

government must understand that can not ignore the people's discontent. If people are unhappy or dissatisfied with the police court, to take action, rather than restrict rights. It is a matter of changing the system. When thoroughly from top to bottom there is no justice - it always leads to terrible. And the ability to change the situation is lost, lost 20 years ago. Now it becomes an avalanche process.
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