Political Hermeneutics and Modern Elitocracy

Abstract

Political hermeneutics is a relatively new trend in the development of philo­sophic, philological, political and elitological science characterized as an inter­disciplinary direction, with all typical features. The attention of political hermeneutics is aimed primarily at the analysis of the text-culture produced by the political elites and their leaders, revealing the meanings and symbols that contain their words and deeds. Special attention is paid to the issue of verifica­tion of political text, criticism and exposure of political disinformation and falsi­fication of history. Political hermeneutics measures the weight of the word sub­ject uttered by the elite and through the analysis of the quality, reveals the level of quality of the elite, weight measure of its authority, responsibility and profes­sionalism. For elitological political science hermeneutics serves an important method for studying the intrinsic qualities of the elite (its eliteness), opening up the opportunity to penetrate the depths of the individual personalistic of the politician, establish dialectical links of the text of the elite with its histori­cal context and psychological overtones. This more “dense work” with the sub­ject of the elite allows us to give a more adequate diagnosis of its current state, to overcome subjectivism apology, evaluate its professional capabilities and re­sources of hidden power objectively.