Aleynikov, A. V., Osipov, I. D. Conflictogenity of Russian Nation in the Mirror of Russian Philosophy

Abstract: The article is devoted to the basic Russian social and philosophical concepts that demonstrate peculiarities and factors of conflictogenity of the Russian society. The authors of the article demonstrate that historical paradigms of the Russian social thought including conservatism, radicalism and liberalism offered different explanations of the phenomenon of conflictogenity of the Russian society based on studying its historical and cultural grounds and peculiarities of the Russian mentality. Special emphasis is made on determination of both general approaches of Russian philosophers to the analysis of political, socio-cultural and mental grounds of conflictogenity and social conflicts of the Russian society and description of original concepts and models of conflictogenity in liberalism, conservatism and radicalism. Historical-philosophical and dialectical approaches have proved to be especially important methods to be used in the analysis. The historical-philosophical method has allowed to define approaches that exist in the history of Russian social philosophy and the dialectical approach has given an opportunity to view conflictogenity not as an absolute givenness but a heterogeneous and constantly developing element of social reality. In their article Aleynikov and Osipov have also described differences between axiological grounds for Russian philosophical concepts of ‘non-conflict nature’ or conflictogenity of Russians and moral principles of preventing political conflicts. The authors of the article demonstrate that Russian philosophers introduced concepts regarding not only a specific form and content of national conflictogenity of Russians but also peculiarities of the Russian perception of conflict situations.

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