Russia and the West as a conceptual opposition in terms of Russian mentality
Russia and the West as a conceptual opposition in terms of Russian mentality
Author(s): Alexander A. LvovSubject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Social development, Crowd Psychology: Mass phenomena and political interactions, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Српско социолошко друштво
Keywords: Russian messianism; collective West; big project; Russian mentality; katechon
Summary/Abstract: The conceptual framework for the discussion the paper introduces is the idea of Russian messianism, which appeared in each period of Russian history, as well as the following characteristic of Russian mentality: the concepts and ideas, which appeared within the domains of social and legal in the West, were interpreted in spiritual and moral context in Russia. The paper traces the development of two aspects of how the conceptual opposition of Russia to the “collective West” was formed. The first aspect is connected with the cultural opposition of Russia to the Western countries in terms of spiritual heredity of the West. The aspect concerns the conceptualization of “the West” as an embodiment of a competitor of Russia in the modifications of the “big project”.
Journal: Социолошки преглед
- Issue Year: 57/2023
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 449-470
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English, Serbian