Transformation of political identity in the information society: limits and contradictions

The article deals with the transformation of political identity and elite consciousness in the modern world. The dynamics of political identification processes in the conditions of development of information exchange of network type is problematized. The aim of the research is to study the peculiarities of the political identification process under the influence of the newest forms and practices of digital communication. Its achievement is connected with the solution of two main tasks: 1) exposition of the modern political process and its key components (identity of the political ruling “class”, its elite self-consciousness) in the context of the development of information society, multiply increased intensity of urbanization processes; 2) study of the transformation of the process of political self-determination in the conditions of involvement of political subjects and structure in the information interaction of network type, dominating at the current stage of civilizational development. The change in the practice of political thinking and political legitimization of elites is considered in the context of urbanization processes and the development of the corresponding type of network urban “chronotope”.

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