The international interdisciplinary conference “The role of mentality in human life and culture” is dedicated to the unique and insufficiently explored phenomenon of mentality. The significance of mentality in human activity and its role in all spheres of individuals’ lives, society, and culture is unquestionable. Mentality as a scholarly subject intersects a massive range of disciplines: intercultural studies, philosophy, psychology, history, geography, myth and folklore studies, anthropology, criminology; studies related to business, management, communication, marketing, and other areas. In one way or another, all of them have to confront the manifestations of mentality, which becomes either an obstacle to the solution of a scientific or practical problem or, on the contrary, becomes an additional lens for exploring and understanding a discipline’s undertakings and their practical implications.
This conference brings together scientists, experts, researchers, and journalists, from different fields of science and practice, who have studied mentality, its role, manifestation, and influence on various aspects of our lives. Each conference participant and speaker has an opportunity to share their research findings, theories, and hypotheses by addressing the questions of the conference and even an opportunity to raise questions that may not yet have been at the center of research programs on the phenomenon of mentality.