Opposition to the West is one of the stable characteristics of the Russian history. It
is not only enshrined in the mentality of Russian people, but has become an integral part
of the social and political culture of the country. The crisis facing Russia at the present
time, the active modernisation and inclusion in the globalisation not only further
exacerbate this confrontation, but also actualise the perennial alternative facing Russia:
to converge with the West, or enter a new confrontation with it. This study explores the
influence of the ethnocentric dimension on the cultural and historical dynamics of the
paradigm 'Russia vs the West'. The new concept of content, structure, forms and levels
of the ethnocentrism phenomenon developed by the author is tested on the basis of
integrated analysis of cultural and historical evolution of Russia, the exploration of
interaction between the processes of modernisation and the peculiarities of the
perception of its 'modernisation standard' – the West. The data employed by the author
comes from sociological studies conducted in the last 20 years and enables not only to
identify the major determinants and factors influencing the current strategy of relations
between Russia and the West, but also to predict the possible scenario of the
development of processes of post-Soviet modernisation of this country and its
interaction with the outside world.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:canterbury.ac.nz/oai:ir.canterbury.ac.nz:10092/4462 |
| Date | January 2009 |
| Creators | Derbisheva-Sutherland, Onola |
| Publisher | University of Canterbury. National Centre for Research on Europe |
| Source Sets | University of Canterbury |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic thesis or dissertation, Text |
| Rights | Copyright Onola Derbisheva-Sutherland, http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/thesis/etheses_copyright.shtml |
| Relation | NZCU |
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