Russian civilization

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The Russian civilization (Русская цивилизация) is a purported civilization formed by Russians[1][2] governed by the claimed "Russian world" (Russian: Русский мир), used as a concept in Russian nationalism and Russian irredentism.

Definitions

The concept takes on a different meaning depending on the author:

  • according to Philip Bagby, it is one of the peripheral civilizations.[3]
  • others, such as professor Vladimir Nikolayevich Leksin, consider it a myth.[4]
  • According to Samuel Huntington, there is no such thing as a Russian civilization. In his view, Russian culture is a part of an Eastern Orthodox civilization.
  • Toynbee regarded the Russian civilization as having modest cultural achievements, but as something complete, Danilevsky and Spengler described it more as a phenomenon of the future,[5] the latter believed that government reform of Peter the Great did not meet the traditions of a Russian civilization.[6]
  • Plekhanov and Berdyaev believed that a Russian civilization occupies a border position between East and West. Solovyov believed that the mission of a Russian civilization in the unification of East and West, and the Eurasianists consider it as some third force.[7]
  • Some[
    partisanship), idejnost' (ideology-mindedness) and populism.[9]
  • Researcher Rumyana Cholakova (
    Great Steppe culture of its inhabitants. According to her, the concept of Russian soul is central to Russian civilization.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b М. Н. Свистунов. "РОССИЙСКАЯ ЦИВИЛИЗАЦИЯ И ПРАВОСЛАВИЕ: ДИАЛЕКТИКА ИХ ВЗАИМООТНОШЕНИЙ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ РАЗВИТИЯ" [Russian civilisation and Orthodoxy: the dialectic of their mutual relationships and prospects of development]. mosgu.ru (in Russian). Moscow University for the Humanities. Retrieved 2020-02-26. 'Русская цивилизация' — это характеристика цивилизации по основополагающему, коренному народу, ее создавшему - русскому народу, всегда составляющему подавляющее большинство населения страны [Translation: 'Russian civilisation is the characteristic of a civilisation according to the underlying native people which has founded it - the Russian people, which has always constituted the overwhelming majority of the population of the country].
  2. ^ Лексин Владимир Николаевич (2018). "Русская цивилизация и русский народ". Журнал Института Наследия. 2 (13) (Журнал Института Наследия ed.): 2.
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  4. ^ Владимир Лексин (2018-01-11). "Русская цивилизация: феномен или фантом?" (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-02-24.
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  6. ^ Горелов Анатолий Алексеевич (2017). "Ф. М. Достоевский: русская идея и русский социализм". Знание. Понимание. Умение (1) (Знание. Понимание. Умение ed.): 50–66.
  7. ^ Кривопусков Владимир Викторович (2016). "Цивилизационные идентичности Запада и Востока: место и роль "Русского мира"". Гуманитарий Юга России. 20 (4) (Гуманитарий Юга России ed.): 224–235.
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