Environmental Ideas of the Society of Yakutia from 1985 to the Present

• Published in: Znanie. Ponimanie. Umenie
• Main Authors: Алексеева, Ирина Степановна, Надькин, Валерий Борисович, Осипова, Ольга Петровна
• Other Authors: The paper is written within the project “The Influence of Social, Cultural, and Ecological Environment on the Ethics and World View of the Contemporary Teacher as the Subject Forming the Personality, Lifestyle, and Innovative Thinking of Students in Russi, Статья подготовлена в рамках проекта «Влияние социокультурной и экологической среды на этику и мировоззрение современного педагога как субъекта формирования личности, образа жизни и инновационного мышления обучающихся в России и Монголии»
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Московский гуманитарный университет 2018
• Subjects: ecology; environmental ideas; public consciousness; Yakuts; Yakutia; ecological environment; environmental ethics; applied ethics; co-evolution; Post-Soviet era; экология; экологические представления; общественное сознание; якуты; Якутия; экологическая среда; экологическая этика; прикладная этика; коэволюция; постсоветское время; Sakha; Yakutia Republic; Саха; Якути*
• Online Access: https://journals.mosgu.ru/zpu/article/view/713; https://doi.org/10.17805/zpu.2018.2.14

The paper analyses the process of changing environmental ideas in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic since 1985. Two stages are pointed out: 1985–1991 and 1992–present.The authors show the continuity of environmental ethics with the traditional views of peoples of Yakutia, and record its politicised nature at the first stage. The formation of the regional environmental ethics at that stage was based on alarmism. It appeared as the idea of violated justice, compensation for the consequences of the Soviet way of developing the North.At the next stage, a system of interrelations between the local society and nature is established in three directions: nature management, environmental protection, and ensuring environmental safety. The ideas of steady development become widely accepted. An efficient system of environmental legislation was successfully created. A number of the republic’s principle environmental laws were passed. The vector of ethical and environmental ideas in Yakutia was defined by two main principles: the regeneration of culture and steady development. The idea of the regeneration of national culture inspired a number of studies into the issues of the traditional world view. Environmental education and training professional environmentalists became a separate area of work.It is emphasised that environmental ethics in the Yakut society has undergone significant changes over the last thirty years. The theme of ecology and environmental ethics has penetrated into public consciousness. The fragility and vulnerability of northern nature and the delicate balance of the system “man – nature – society” have become axiomatic to public consciousness. В статье анализируется процесс изменения экологических представлений в Республике Саха (Якутия) с 1985 г. Выделяется два этапа: 1985–1991 гг. и 1992 — настоящее время.Показывается неразрывная связь экологической этики с традиционными воззрениями народов Якутии и фиксируется ее политизированный характер на первом этапе. Основой для формирования принципов региональной ...