D. V. Molchanov On the question of adaptation  of Western cultural values in Russia

Abstract: The article examines the question of adoption and incorporation of Western development models into Russian culture from the point of view of the adaptability of basic global national-cultural values. The author compares the values predominant in one or another area of the political map of the world and, based on that, analyzes the polysemantic perception of patriotism in modern Russian culture. The article separately studies the conflict and division of values that exist in contemporary Russian society and on the basis of that outlook comes to the conclusion of the impossibility of its forward development in the framework of ideological monism. The author analyzes the concepts of renowned Western scholars, who stated and developed the civilizational approach in their works. As well, the author gives a new interpretation of the old cultural-civilizational debate between the Slavophils and the Westernists in the light of the current state of civilization development. The author explains why this old debate has found today a new voice, construes its modern emphasis, and illustrates the complex and contradictory process of entailing this discussion with all the previous development of Russian history.

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