Homo (post)sovieticus syndrome and civic awareness development in rural areas in Ukraine in Khmelnytskyi Region

An anthropological perspective on the processes of social change provides with many insights into the effects of socialism in the sphere of mentality, attitudes and life orientations. The aim of the article is to discuss the syndrome of homo sovieticus and homo post-sovieticus as an important factor in the development of civil awareness in the rural areas in Ukraine, referring to the empirical material obtained during fieldwork in the Khmelnytskyi region in 2018.