The Alterdimensional Person under Conditions of Alienness

Abstract

The transformation of traditional values has forced people to engage in a never-ending search for their true identity. People have been given the ability to choose between different options: one of the options for achieving self-knowledge is to understand one’s own capabilities, to gain a sense of the facets of one’s own self, and to believe in the immensity of one’s existence, which is bolstered by the modern culture of thought. However, the novelty of this state is relative, since the way in which an individual conceives of his or her identity is rooted in life experience, and it is also reinforced by how this individual comprehends the culture. It is sufficient to recall the peculiar type of narcissism that has spread widely in post-perestroika Russia in the form of the unconditional faith that many