Separatists or Ukrainians? Way to agree
Abstract
It is shown that the military conflict involves not only those who are in the area of hostilities or who hold weapons in their hands but also peaceful citizens who experience the direct or indirect influence of these hostilities. The emphasis is on the problem of using language cliche (for example, “separatist”, “nationalist” and others) as an instrument of simplified understanding of the situation and involvement in the conflict. The idea of the necessity of developing programs of psychological support, rehabilitation, and reintegration of combatants and inhabitants of the occupied territories into the peaceful space of society's life is noted. It is formulated and described the problem with the greatest conflict potential in terms of formation of the national identity: 1) the use of language markers; 2) unpreparedness to forgive in case of relatives’ lost as a result of military conflict; 3) evaluation of the events of the end of 2013 – beginning of 2014; 4) attitude towards the political leaders of the Russian Federation; 5) vision of Donbas future. It was defined which representations are common to the citizens of the controlled and of the occupied territories: negative attitude to military actions; no hate to ordinary citizens; dissatisfaction with the corrupt actions of the authorities; the notion of inadmissibility of looting; the ideas of possible ways of developing of a military conflict; an idea of the role and interests of the Russian Federation in a military conflict. The model of the search for consent and understanding of citizens of controlled and temporarily occupied territories is presented. The model describes 1) steps to form a common image of the situation; 2) creating an optimal model of interaction; 3) the need to create inventory resources and means of implementation of the proposed model. It is emphasized the need to develop the criteria for assessing the fairness of decision making in various problem situations. A number of reflexive questions are proposed which allow reducing the bias towards the inhabitants of the occupied regions of Donetsk and Luhansk. The conclusion is made on the necessity of program developing on psychological support for the processes of formation and development of national identity for inhabitants of the occupied territories
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