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К.С. Лебедев, В.А. Нехамкин
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Russian national idea in the globalizing World:
Prospects for the development
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K.S. Lebedev, V.A. Nekhamkin
Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow, 105005, Russia
The article analyses the evolution of the Russian national idea. It is acknowledged that
having built a great state and culture, Russian people could not give an answer to the
question about unambiguous country's affiliation to Western or Eastern civilizations.
Hence, two
specific characteristics of the national mentality, expressed in antipodal fea-
tures are identified: the “path of genius” and “the path of insanity”. Globalist mentality
characteristics are matched with the peculiarities of the Russian national idea in its two
guises. The conclusion is that Russia will have to express the national identity under con-
ditions of interaction with Western project of globalization: either becoming an integral
part thereof, or forming its own ideology alternative to the dominant worldview.
Keywords:
globalization; global world; special way, dichotomy, freedom, Russian civili-
zation; Russian national idea; philosophy.
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