REPRESENTATION OF WAR BY SOCIAL-PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPTS OF POSTMODERNISM (ILLUSTRATED BY THE EXAMPLE OF RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR)

Abstract

Introduction. A number of characteristics of the Russian-Ukrainian war indicate that it belongs to a war of a "new" type. The decisive role of
social networks, the use of space intelligence, drones, propaganda irony and absurdism, competition of epistemological communities and
others. There is a need for an adequate conceptual apparatus for the analysis of the ever-growing volume of empirical materials on war. But
a theory that would consider actual wars in the postmodern situation was not formed. The aim is to analyze the manifestations of the
Russian-Ukrainian war with the help of the main concepts of postmodernism, since a number of characteristics of this war have signs of the
influence of postmodernism, as a modern socio-historical period. Research methods. An interdisciplinary approach allows the author to
use the socio-philosophical, cultural, sociological and historical methodologies. Research results. The conceptual analysis carried out
allows us to determine exactly which existing signs of war can be considered postmodern influences, and how these signs can be
adequately explained by the conceptual apparatus of postmodern theories. Discussion. Some authors state the "death of postmodernism"
and, accordingly, do not consider this language of description of reality to be relevant, but at the same time, the theories that arose under
the umbrella term "post-postmodernism" cannot withstand criticism, and it is necessary to state that the concepts of postmodernism remain
a relevant conceptual language for describing the modern era. In December 2022, the author of the research presented a report on the
analysis of the distinction between the terms "war in the postmodern state" and "postmodern war" at the XIX International Scientific and
Practical Conference "Problems of the Development of Sociological Theory: War, Violence and Social Order" held on the faculty of
Sociology at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Conclusions. The article highlights eight concepts of postmodernism and
shows the possibilities of their use in recognizing the manifestations of the impact of postmodernism on a specific war. In particular, these
are the concepts of "multiplicity of truths", "discourse", "epistemological community", "death of the author", "bricolage", "irony", "hyperreality",
"spectacle society". On the basis of the explanatory possibilities of these concepts, it is shown exactly how the features of postmodernity
manifest themselves in the Russian-Ukrainian war. The importance of the formation and analysis of databases on various aspects of the
war is emphasized, the current directions of empirical research are determined for further empirical substantiation and clarification of the
analysis results.