OVERCOMING THE SOCIAL CRISIS IN RUSSIA: SYSTEMIC MODERNIZATION AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR ITS FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
OVERCOMING THE SOCIAL CRISIS IN RUSSIA: SYSTEMIC MODERNIZATION AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR ITS FURTHER DEVELOPMENT

Summary/Abstract: The author tackles the ways of further development of Russia and its perspectives in the global world. The main directions in national scientific thought are analyzed — the theories of Westernization, Isolationism, and Eurasianism. Special attention is paid to the theory of modernization as an effective way of overcoming the crisis in contemporary Russian society, which proposes innovative methods of rebuilding Russia’s political and economic systems, taking into account the effects of the global financial crisis.The article also highlights the problem of deep spiritual crisis in modern Russian society and suggests a solution for that problem. It supposes an upgrade in the spiritual sphere, the formation of a new mentality, innovative ideology, in which the factors of human creativity, energy and initiative will occupy the lead¬ing position.

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