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This article is devoted to the consideration of the processes of fetishization of social institutions. The relevance and significance of institutional topics for modern social philosophy is substantiated. The main approaches to the phenomenon of fetish and the processes of fetishization derived from it in social life are considered. The contribution of classics and modern researchers in the theorizing of fetishization in the economic sphere of public life is noted. A comprehensive analysis of the influence of market institution imports on various spheres of life has been carried out. The transformation of the activities of various power actors is traced, which now more and more resembles the work of managers to attract and retain investments in the national economic space. Based on the analysis of the experience of the Russian reality of the transitional post-Soviet period, the facts of the fetishization of advanced institutional models rooted in liberal democratic social ideas are considered. The impossibility of carrying out state development along a pure democratic path and, as a result, the formation of the so-called "hybrid democracy" in Russia. Questions regarding the need to take into account the unique national context and the specifics of the environment for future institutional transformations are considered in detail. The specificity of the triple transition of the post-communist countries, which led to the prompt intentions of power actors to establish effectively functioning institutions, is revealed. In line with the pragmatics of modern socio-philosophical works, one of the alternative ways of institutional building is shown. The experience of Eastern states in developing democratic ideas and remodeling their own institutions is critically analyzed. In conclusion, the main results of the study are summarized, serving as a starting point for future analysis of individual contextual realities in which imported social institutions are immersed.

This article is devoted to the morphology of modern Russian society. The relevance and significance of the problems of the analysis of structures for the social philosophy of the present day is proved. In the logic of the deterministic approach, the recent changes in the Russian society are studied. The contribution of Russian classics to the development of geopolitical determinism is noted. A comprehensive analysis of the influence of geographical factors on the features of the morphology of modern Russian society is carried out. Internal and external processes that threaten the integrity of the Russian Federation are shown. The significance of the formation of the concept of national security of the country is given. The author of the article focuses on how institutional transformations have an impact on the political life of the country. It is proved that it is impossible to implement state development along a pure democratic path and, as a result, the formation of the so-called "hybrid democracy"in Russia. The issues of political elites that carry out their activities in the Russian society are considered. The real positions of government institutions and citizens are critically analyzed, which once again confirms the weakness of the development of civil society. Hence, the problems of political participation of citizens are characterized, reflecting the general trends of their distrust of the power structures and doubts about the effectiveness of the latter. Drawing an explanatory model of the social morphology of today's Russia, the author also focuses on the relationship between the city and the countryside. The role of derivatives of crisis trends that have influenced the strengthening of polarization between social groups is noted. The transformations of economic indicators, for example, a sharp increase in private property, changes in the number of people employed in the public sector, which also affected the blurring of class boundaries and the overall formation of social structures, are highlighted.

Medicine is the oldest (along with philosophy) science. But the philosophy is the basic method of scientific knowledge. The philosophical category of "bioethics", "morality", "ethics" boldly called interdisciplinary, touching and medical science. This article discusses the above concepts of Michel Foucault in their relationship with medicine.