LAWS OF CHANGES IN THE RUSSIAN WORLD VIEW: NOTIONS OF SPIRIT AND SOUL

LAWS OF CHANGES IN THE RUSSIAN WORLD VIEW: NOTIONS OF SPIRIT AND SOUL

Author:  ElenaV. Petrukhina

Affiliation:  Lomonosov Moscow State University

Abstract: 
This article reviews some laws of changes in the Russian world view. The final part of this article deals with the knowledge of spiritual world reflected in the Russian language as well as with its dyna-mics – based on analysis of the semantics and use of the words spirit and soul in a neutral discourse in comparison with to the Orthodox discourse.

Keywords:  Russian world view, Orthodox discourse, spirit, soul.

Pages:  12-22