Humanities & Social Sciences 6 (2015 8) 1165-1172 ~ ~ ~ УДК 130.3 Presence of Spirituality in Social Consolidation in the World Maria V. Kozlova* Siberian Federal University 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia Received 12.11.2014, received in revised form 12.01.2015, accepted 14.04.2015 The author makes an attempt to analyse from social and philosophical sides potential of actions against information terrorist threats of these days by the means of infl uence on processes of consolidation in the Russian society. <...> These results can be applied as an addition to current recommendations on countering terrorist threats and ensuring social and cultural safety. <...> The formation of social consolidation mechanism lies in resolution of contradictions driven by the nature of social relations between dominance and submission, force and free will, disagreement and agreement. <...> Consolidation is considered to be an essential factor for the existence of society, for its functioning and ability to identifi cation. <...> Provided that, a manner of its implementation depends on different factors such as technological, economical, cultural, historical ones and etc. <...> For a good understanding of problems related to consolidation (or dissociation) in the Russian society from methodological views and in accordance with research concepts provided by analysts from Irkutsk, we specify two types (streams) of consolidarity: vertical, i.e. an agreement between the government and society and vice versa); and horizontal, i.e. an agreement inside communities and between communities which build up the society. <...> It is important to mention that vertical consolidation depends on deliberate initiative from the power and can be framed at will; a horizontal one has a natural format since can it be represented in a form of everyday engagement. <...> The article draws attention to the concept of “spirituality” which now has slipped to the periphery of social conscience due to its identifi cation with religiosity, but is still popular in the society as a form of request for moral values or balanced personal development and can so far be kept current. <...> Pursuance of unity through unanimity, not by opposition between unity and personal freedom, but through freedom of every soul in its desire to achieve the Spirit is one of the most important part of Russian philosophy. <...> The author follows the statement that spirituality, within a suffi cient development of its concept from social and culturological points of view, may well become ideological principle of horizontal consolidation in modern <...>