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Girin Uy. N. Latin America: equivalence or selfness?

Abstract: Latin America is not just a geographical term. It is a civilization of specific, borderline type, which is also the type that Russia belongs to. To recognize the status of a borderline for this regions is to come to the path of understanding their essence, their “special stand”, which is not by chance was noted both Russian and Latin American thinkers. Next comes the analysis of what, how and why. This article is a particular exercise in such analysis. Indeed, both Russia and Latin America are not actually live its’ own reality but attempt to build it.


Keywords:

Latin America, Russia, borderline, civilization, imagination, self-making, the picture of the world, identity.


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