Philosophy of Aggression in the Digital Age

Abstract

The article focuses on the transformation mechanisms of aggression in the rapid growth of information flows. It reveals the impact of publicly encouraged norms and values of modern society on this process. The shift of emphasis and the widespread publicity led to a rise in deviancy and the emergence of new forms of representations of themselves in cyberspace. Negative phenomena readily replicated and distributed in digital content led to the emergence of the fashion for ostentatious aggression and violence, and blurring the boundaries between normality and deviation-to-distortion values and meanings. Material, value differentiation gave rise to marginal groups dictating the conditions in the Internet space and using various forms of aggression to create favorable conditions for the widespread hysteria and scandal. Public aggression and ostentatious cruelty become the norm of public discourse, which leads to further segregation of society. Any newsworthy turns into a neurotic discourse with the division into groups of “us” and “them”, and an alternative point of view and reasoned dialogue are virtually excluded from modern public field. The promotion of intolerant behaviour exacerbates the communicative imbalance in the modern Russian society, speaking an additional incentive negative, conflict dialogue, devaluing and degrading of the value of the opponent. The enslavement of society activates extremely fundamentalist trend, which on-line go into a real collision. With the growth of such trends in society, the threat of uncontrolled transfer of aggression from the virtual network world in everyday life, become a close reality and the forecast and development of preventive measures are one of the key tasks of modern society.