Chapter Imagology as a Way to Recognize Mental Tools of Combat. With the Soviet Great Patriotic War (1941–1945) in the Background

Psychological and sociological tools of combat are much less well known and difficult to assess reliably, and they are not always assigned a meaning appropriate to the results achieved. The author of the article decided to bring closer experiences from the border of psychology, communication science...

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description Psychological and sociological tools of combat are much less well known and difficult to assess reliably, and they are not always assigned a meaning appropriate to the results achieved. The author of the article decided to bring closer experiences from the border of psychology, communication science and cultural studies, in order to present the impact of imagology, a science dealing with the ideas of some communities about others, on the war. A group waging a war deliberately influences the cognitive system of its members so that their ideas about the enemy gain a degree that allows them to effectively conduct the fight and, consequently, to win over him. On the way to the open conflict, and during its course, these images pass from a fairly neutral “image of the Other” to an extreme “enemy image”, intensifying the negative emotions towards the opponent. At the same time, in opposition, a “self-image” is built, justifying the need to fight and the positive qualities of one's own group. The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union with the Third German Reich was taken as an example here, showing the extreme hatred of both countries, manifested in the direct war clash of totalitarian regimes in 1941–1945. The main activity of Soviet propaganda at that time was to dehumanize the Germans as invaders and beasts who deserved only annihilation.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1563432025-03-07T15:12:03Z Chapter Imagology as a Way to Recognize Mental Tools of Combat. With the Soviet Great Patriotic War (1941–1945) in the Background Gliniecki, Tomasz tools of war Blue Army Roman military ancient siege art Polish medieval cavalry urban arsenals guerrilla warfare military industry General Aleksander Litwinowicz imagology engineering troops war propaganda Middle East World War II Aviation Polish-Bolshevik war IRA Arab League Psychological and sociological tools of combat are much less well known and difficult to assess reliably, and they are not always assigned a meaning appropriate to the results achieved. The author of the article decided to bring closer experiences from the border of psychology, communication science and cultural studies, in order to present the impact of imagology, a science dealing with the ideas of some communities about others, on the war. A group waging a war deliberately influences the cognitive system of its members so that their ideas about the enemy gain a degree that allows them to effectively conduct the fight and, consequently, to win over him. On the way to the open conflict, and during its course, these images pass from a fairly neutral “image of the Other” to an extreme “enemy image”, intensifying the negative emotions towards the opponent. At the same time, in opposition, a “self-image” is built, justifying the need to fight and the positive qualities of one's own group. The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union with the Third German Reich was taken as an example here, showing the extreme hatred of both countries, manifested in the direct war clash of totalitarian regimes in 1941–1945. The main activity of Soviet propaganda at that time was to dehumanize the Germans as invaders and beasts who deserved only annihilation. 2025-03-07T15:12:02Z 2025-03-07T15:12:02Z 2023 chapter ONIX_20250307_9788383313733_1993 9788383313733 9788383313726 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/156343 pol image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.press.uni.lodz.pl/index.php/wul/catalog/book/815 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego 10.18778/8331-372-6.11 Psychological and sociological tools of combat are much less well known and difficult to assess reliably, and they are not always assigned a meaning appropriate to the results achieved. The author of the article decided to bring closer experiences from the border of psychology, communication science and cultural studies, in order to present the impact of imagology, a science dealing with the ideas of some communities about others, on the war. A group waging a war deliberately influences the cognitive system of its members so that their ideas about the enemy gain a degree that allows them to effectively conduct the fight and, consequently, to win over him. On the way to the open conflict, and during its course, these images pass from a fairly neutral “image of the Other” to an extreme “enemy image”, intensifying the negative emotions towards the opponent. At the same time, in opposition, a “self-image” is built, justifying the need to fight and the positive qualities of one's own group. The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union with the Third German Reich was taken as an example here, showing the extreme hatred of both countries, manifested in the direct war clash of totalitarian regimes in 1941–1945. The main activity of Soviet propaganda at that time was to dehumanize the Germans as invaders and beasts who deserved only annihilation. 10.18778/8331-372-6.11 83bfe9c9-323d-4283-b087-d859fd9af314 9788383313733 9788383313726 279-300 open access
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Blue Army
Roman military
ancient siege art
Polish medieval cavalry
urban arsenals
guerrilla warfare
military industry
General Aleksander Litwinowicz
imagology engineering troops
war propaganda
Middle East
World War II
Aviation
Polish-Bolshevik war
IRA
Arab League
Gliniecki, Tomasz
Chapter Imagology as a Way to Recognize Mental Tools of Combat. With the Soviet Great Patriotic War (1941–1945) in the Background
title Chapter Imagology as a Way to Recognize Mental Tools of Combat. With the Soviet Great Patriotic War (1941–1945) in the Background
title_full Chapter Imagology as a Way to Recognize Mental Tools of Combat. With the Soviet Great Patriotic War (1941–1945) in the Background
title_fullStr Chapter Imagology as a Way to Recognize Mental Tools of Combat. With the Soviet Great Patriotic War (1941–1945) in the Background
title_full_unstemmed Chapter Imagology as a Way to Recognize Mental Tools of Combat. With the Soviet Great Patriotic War (1941–1945) in the Background
title_short Chapter Imagology as a Way to Recognize Mental Tools of Combat. With the Soviet Great Patriotic War (1941–1945) in the Background
title_sort chapter imagology as a way to recognize mental tools of combat with the soviet great patriotic war 1941 1945 in the background
topic tools of war
Blue Army
Roman military
ancient siege art
Polish medieval cavalry
urban arsenals
guerrilla warfare
military industry
General Aleksander Litwinowicz
imagology engineering troops
war propaganda
Middle East
World War II
Aviation
Polish-Bolshevik war
IRA
Arab League
topic_facet tools of war
Blue Army
Roman military
ancient siege art
Polish medieval cavalry
urban arsenals
guerrilla warfare
military industry
General Aleksander Litwinowicz
imagology engineering troops
war propaganda
Middle East
World War II
Aviation
Polish-Bolshevik war
IRA
Arab League
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