Voprosy kul turologii (Issues of Cultural Studies) | 2021
Notes on Russian civilization
Abstract
Philosophical and cultural research on the place and role of Russian civilization and culture in the history of Europe and Asia. Based on the analysis of extensive factual material related to geographical, demographic, ethno-historical and other aspects of comparison, the author comes to the conclusion that it is impossible to be satisfied with reducing the fundamental historical-dialectical complementarity of the western and eastern civilizational systems to a simple sum of their features (it is also necessary to take into account the Byzantine influence). According to the author, in Russia, under the veil of monotheism, the dualistic, Manichean (in a broad sense) foundations of culture emerge with particular clarity.