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PUBLIC OFFICIAL AS A SOCIAL EVIL (PATHOLOGIES OF THE BUREAUCRATIC CONSCIOUSNESS)
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PUBLIC OFFICIAL AS A SOCIAL EVIL (PATHOLOGIES OF THE BUREAUCRATIC CONSCIOUSNESS)
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S086904990003944-0-
DOI
10.31857/S086904990003944-0
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Article
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Published
Authors
Aleksandr Obolonsky 
Affiliation: Higher School of Economics
Address: Russian Federation,Moscow
Edition
Issue 1
Pages
87-98
Abstract

The subject of this paper are fundamental pathologies of bureaucratic consciousness, moral defectiveness of value system, inherent to our bureaucratic corporation. Russian bureaucracy in its current condition is a real and dangerous political evil. Bureaucratic psychology examines through two “lenses” – personal attitudes and stereotypes of consciousness. The caste segregation, negative selection of personnel, ignoring of own work’s social meaning, false substitution of common interests by group and egoistic ones, treating of hierarchy as a basic value, excessive orientation to stability are described as the former ones. Among stereotypes the functionary consciousness, corporative ethic, preserving conservative ways of behavior, wrong personalization of their official duties are considered. The analysis illustrates by extensive citations from classical literary, scientific and memoir sources. The author suggests that malignant degeneration of “normal” bureaucracy into pathological form took place in Russia. Whether is still possible a therapeutic treatment of it, without of radical measures, is the open question

Keywords
bureaucracy, official, consciousness, psychology, corporativity
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13.03.2019
Date of publication
15.03.2019
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