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Russian Civilization Facing the Challenges of Modernity...: Problems of Self-identification in Socio-Political Discourse
- Authors: Litvinova T.N.1
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- Moscow State Institute of International Relations
- Issue: No 1 (2025)
- Pages: 81-95
- Section: Civilizations and Society
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/0869-0499/article/view/294889
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0869049925010063
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/BIEHPV
- ID: 294889
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The problems of self-identification of the Russian civilization in socio-political discourse in the context of external challenges are studied. The views of foreign and domestic philosophers on the concept of «Russian civilization» are analyzed. Based on the methodology of critical discourse analysis by T.A. van Dijk, the connections between the concepts of «Russian civilization», «Russian idea», «Russian world», their polysemy, contexts of use and intention (goal, intentions) in the political process are revealed. The study showed that the main motive for using the concept of «Russian civilization» is associated with the isolation of the latter from Europe, while the concepts of «Russian idea» and «Russian world» sometimes act as synonyms, although contextually and intentionally they are not identical. A content analysis of the Russian Federation foreign policy concepts of 2013, 2016 and 2023 was conducted, and the evolution of ideas about the civilizational approach and priorities of Russia in strategic planning documents was traced. The phrase «state-civilization» included in the Russian Foreign Policy Concept of 2023 is identified with the «Russian world» and acquires a strategic significance that goes beyond the civilizational approach.
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Tatiana N. Litvinova
Moscow State Institute of International Relations
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Email: tantin@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5382-3751
Doctor of Sciences (Political Sciences), Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of State Regulation
Russian Federation, 76, Vernadsky Ave., Moscow, 119454References
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