1. Concept
The word “mentality” comes from the French mentalité, in turn derived from the Latin mens (“mind”, “way of thinking”). As a scholarly term, mentality denotes the ensemble of dispositions, attitudes, and ways of thinking that underlie the normal, habitual actions and behaviors of a collective at a particular time [7. 476]; [8. XXI]; [1. 18]. Mentalities are invariably time-bound and subject to historical change. These are thus not close…