The Mechanisms of Social Illusions and Their Development

The aim of present article is to study the phenomenon of social illusions and mechanisms of their development. Illusions are defined by the society and transformed by constantly changing social and cultural environment; each time period presents new angles of illusions manifestation. The significance of philosophic understanding of this phenomenon is related to the urge of understanding the society, reality, crisis of identity in modern community, search of the “Self”, constantly changing social and cultural situation, behavior and values. The central aim of present study is to describe the mechanisms of social illusions development. The authors of this article attempt to define and describe conscious and unconscious mechanisms of social illusions.