The Religious Factor and the Legitimization of Authority in the Post-soviet Russia Cover Image

Религиозный фактор и легитимация власти в постсоветской России
The Religious Factor and the Legitimization of Authority in the Post-soviet Russia

Author(s): Olga B. Rybakova
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Filozofów Krajów Słowiańskich
Keywords: legitimization; system crisis; elite; ideology; social structure; religious system

Summary/Abstract: The author undertakes an analysis of the process of legitimization of contemporary elite of Russian society. The author formulates the thesis that the political changes taking place in contemporary Russia allows the different possibilities of adaptation. The most popular way is an attempt to join in the structures religious organizations, which have character of majority. The consequence of these trends is formation a pro-religious of the state religious policy.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 191-200
  • Page Count: 10