Mchedlova M.M., Bukin O.A. Russian Civilization: Civilizational Approach in Political Theory. RUDN Journal of Political Science. 2023. Vol.25. No.2. Pp. 445-454.

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Abstract

Discussions about the applicability of the civilizational approach in political science correlate with methodological and discursive rethinking of linear philosophical and political interpretive projects. The search for new epistemological and ontological optics of   modern  political  constructions  is largely  focused  on the  value-symbolic  parameters underlying the civilizational approach. The civilizational paradigm is one of the conceptual schemes  of political  theory,  which  makes  it possible  to interpret  political  institutions, processes, and world politics through the lens of more stable and deeper factors — value systems  and  culture.  Becoming  the  identifying  basis  of politics  and  the  legitimizing ideological  and  semantic  content  of instrumental  strategies,  the  civilizational  approach appeals to the multiplicity and equality of the paths of historical and political formation. In   political discourse, the relevant intentions are the plots of ensuring the completeness of   sovereignty, historical memory and falsification of history, a common value-semantic space,  national  unity,  and  many  others.  The  point  of concentration  of scientific  and ideological-political search is the definition of the civilizational status of Russia. According to  the authors, giving Russia a civilizational status allows us to  offer adequate explanations of  its socio-political ontology and phenomenology, stable and transient parameters, invariant and innovative characteristics. The emphasis is on   the metaphysics of Russian statehood as determined by the specifics of civilization