Zhukova Olga Anatolievna,
Doctor of Philosophy, Professor,
Practical Philosophy Department,
National Research University
«Higher School of Economics».
e-mail: logoscultura@yandex.ru

 

Political Modernization in Russia,
or the Issue of Civilizational Identity

Abstract: The article examines considers the experience of four Russian modernizations –when Russia was baptized, under Ivan the Terrible, under Peter the Great, and under the Bolsheviks – and analyzes modernization projects of Russian Silver Age philosophers. The current state of Russia's modernization program and its prospects are discussed.
 
Keywords: Russia, modernization, identity, liberalism, conservatism, social development.

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