Dubrovin V.L. Institutions of Culture and Their Role in Shaping a Shared Cultural Area, Collective Identity, and Strengthening Social Integration in the Context of Modernization (Russian Society and European Experience). Social and humanitarian knowledge. 2026. No. 4. P. 261-265.

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Abstract

The purpose of the study is to analyze the essence and functions of cultural institutions and cultural policy in the formation of the common cultural space, collective identity and strengthening social integration during the transformation of the state and culture caused by the modernization of European and Russian societies, the formation of culture as an element of public administration, strengthening the power of the state in the process of its centralization. The research relies on the concept of modernization, constructivist and ethno-symbolic approaches to the analysis of nationalism, and the comparative-historical method. Results of the study: The essence and prerequisites of the emergence and functions of cultural institutions and cultural policy, their integrating role have been analyzed. The connection between developed cultural institutions and key mechanisms for creating a shared cultural space and formation of a communal national identity are revealed, which reflects the transition from feudal-religious legitimization of power to its secular, nationalcivil version. Three interrelated functions of cultural institutions are identified: symbolization and visualization of national succession and unity; democratization of access to cultural capital; use of culture by the state to legitimize power, for social integration and against internal disruptions.