The Mother Archetype as a substantial constant of socio-anthropological metaphysics

In the era of deconstruction of modern metaphysics, the search for unshakable supports of hyper-changeable existence is still relevant. The research problem can be defined as the need to consider archetypes as metaphysical categories of socio-anthropological systems that can set ideological frameworks for concepts that comprehend the changing picture of the world. Worldview universals expressed in ontological and other philosophical categories arise from the constructs of mythological consciousness that precede rational systems and are their “general existential” projections. But it is possible to determine the features of national archetypes only in comparison with other cultural and historical systems. We set the task to consider the archetype of the Mother as a substantial constant of Russian civilization. This archetype is interpreted as a stable phenomenon of the collective unconscious, which has a system-forming influence on the philosophical picture of the world in conditions of uncertainty. Images of the collective unconscious are an integral part of the picture of the world and penetrate the structure of existence. A researcher of archetypes sooner or later comes to ascertain their multi-layered nature, rooted in substantial depths. Despite social changes, the challenges facing the people and the country remain the same as hundreds of years ago. And the answers to these challenges remain the same, based on the properties of the Mother archetype in general, and the features that form the civilizational archetype in its universal and unique dimensions. It can be argued that the image of the Motherland is a manifestation of the main characteristics of the archetypes of the Mother-Raw-Earth and the Mother of God. This allows us to draw a conclusion about the ontology of the Mother archetype, associated with the very existence of civilization and culture of Russia.

metaphysics, Socioanthropology, Russian culture, The palimpsest method, Orthodoxy, archetype, symbol, Mother-Syra-Earth, Mother of God, Motherland