Types and archetypes of carnival political culture

Political carnival is understood as a distorted world in which the three main demons rule – lies, evil and amoralism. They create a perverted view of objective reality. Carnival figures look at the world with tightly closed eyes and do not see what everyone easily contemplates. Political carnival is evaluated as devaluation of political values, as deviation of ruling elite groups, and as a destructive force capable of destroying a political system in crisis. The world of political carnival is a world of absurdity, falsification and hypocrisy. It is a facade brought to political cynicism. Its crooked mirrors reflect the vices of human nature, such as: vanity, corruption, hypocrisy, sanctimony, pride, etc. All these vices are not hidden, but, on the contrary, they are praised and cultivated. It is as an aggressive advertisement of vices that we appreciate the essence of political carnival. It is a world where each keeps the other on the hook of compromise. They easily adopt the psychosis of the other. The madness of one becomes the madness of all. At any moment they can pretend to be anyone. In this sense, the political carnival is an epidemic of amoralism. And this existential threat is something that humanity is constantly confronted with. In the structure of such evil, certain types and archtypes of carnival political culture are constantly reproduced. It is to the analysis of these types that the present study is devoted.

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