Acquired Helplessness as a Social-Cultural Syndrome of Post-Soviet Realities

Authors

  • Arman Gharagulyan Yerevan State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46991/BYSU:E/2016.7.1.051

Keywords:

acquired learned helplessness, post-Soviet society, post-totalitarian syndrome, philosophy of personal surviving, culture of poverty, well-informed citizen, social autonomy

Abstract

In post-Soviet societies the syndrome of acquired (learned) helplessness is a part of the cultural legacy of the Soviet system. The article analyzes the phenomenon of acquired helplessness in their moral-psychological and socio-economic dimensions and identifies the negative consequences of the syndrome in the political and civil spheres. As the possible keys to overcoming the syndrome the concepts of "a well-informed citizen" and "social autonomy" are proposed.

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Published

2016-03-10

How to Cite

Gharagulyan, A. (2016). Acquired Helplessness as a Social-Cultural Syndrome of Post-Soviet Realities. Bulletin of Yerevan University E: Philosophy, Psychology, 7(1 (19), 51–62. https://doi.org/10.46991/BYSU:E/2016.7.1.051

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (19) (2016)

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