The systemic dimension of informational and psychological consciential warfare

Abstract

The article examines one of the main types of informational and psychological warfare – consciential war as a war on the defeat of consciousness, the destruction of identity, as well as the ability of a person to self-identify. It is noted that the theory of “consciential warfare” arose in the late 20th and early 21st centuries in the Russian Federation as a counterbalance to the influence of Western policy on the promotion of liberalism and democracy in Russia. Currently, this theory has been successfully applied and effectively implemented in practice in the information and informationpsychological war against Ukraine, which requires a detailed study from the point of view of systemic analysis. The PATTERN system is an important tool for analyzing the goals and functions of consciential warfare, which is characterized by great uncertainty. The main ideas of the method make it possible to combine political, psychological, technological, etc. factors into one whole. The PATTERN method provides an opportunity to conduct research into the patterns of goal setting, structuring of goals, and the functioning of consciential warfare.