Social and Cultural Obstacles to Russian Modernisation

Maslovskiy, Mikhail

doi:10.1080/09668136.2013.848657

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“…In the case of today's Russia, not only the prevailing interpretation of the Orthodox tradition but also the legacy of the Soviet model of modernity should be taken into consideration (Maslovskiy, 2013). It is characteristic that, in his discussion of the Soviet model, Arnason focuses on the process of re-traditionalization during the Brezhnev period manifested by attempts to present the 'Soviet way of life' as a specific tradition (Arnason, 1993: 213).…”

Section: The Conservative Turn In Post-soviet Russian Politics and Thmentioning

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Russia against Europe: A clash of interpretations of modernity?

Maslovskiy

2018

European Journal of Social Theory

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This article argues that combining elements of the sociological theories of Johann Arnason and Peter Wagner can contribute to an understanding of the causes of the ‘new Cold War’ on the European continent. Comparisons of today’s confrontation between Russia and the West with the original Cold War are largely misleading since the Soviet model of modernity represented a radical alternative to its liberal western version. Unlike the original Cold War, the current ideological confrontation is not connected with a clash of different forms of modernity. Today’s Russia lacks a clear civilizational identity and does not follow an alternative project of modernity. The recent ‘conservative turn’ in Russian politics largely draws on a specific interpretation of European modernity.

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Section: The Conservative Turn In Post-soviet Russian Politics and Thmentioning

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Russia against Europe: A clash of interpretations of modernity?

Maslovskiy

2018

European Journal of Social Theory

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“…As he claims, the Soviet legacies should be identified with anti-modern elements. Nevertheless, these statements can be questioned from the viewpoint of the multiple modernities perspective in contemporary sociology [Maslovskiy 2013[Maslovskiy : 2020[Maslovskiy -2021]. The Soviet system can be seen not as a deviation from the only road to modernity but as a specific form of modern society that possessed distinctive civilizational features.…”

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The Soviet Model of Modernity and Russia’s Post-communist Political Transformations

Maslovskiy¹

2015

Historická Sociologie

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The article discusses political processes in post-Soviet Russia from the perspective of the multiple modernities theory. A study of Russia's political transformation on the basis of this approach allows us to reconsider the obstacles to democratization that existed in the 1990s and the socio-cultural preconditions for de-democratization in the 2000s. The author draws on Johann Arnason's analysis of the Soviet model of modernity. From this perspective the Soviet model possessed only some civilizational traits and did not lead to a sustainable civilizational pattern. Nevertheless, remnants of that model and the imperial legacy of the Soviet period influenced Russian politics of the last two decades. The dynamics of democratization and de-democratization in Russia represent a case of path dependency which is both post-communist and post-imperial.

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“…Such referential frames are also known in Russia, and one of their best-known proponents was sociologist Yuri Levada, who developed the notion of the 'Soviet person'. As Mikhail Maslovskiy (2013) points, this view may be related to the earlier 'folklore' of the Soviet intelligentsia of the 1970s and 1980s. One has to emphasize, however, that in Russia these notions are used only by one, moreover dominated, side of the political scene, namely the liberal intelligentsia, while in Poland they form a fundamental and naturalized frame of perception of opponents.…”

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Crises of the communist and neoliberal orders 30 years later: A structural comparison between 1975 and 2019 Poland

Zarycki

2020

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This article proposes to look at the current moment in the recent history of the so-called Central-European countries, with Poland as a critical case study, through a structural comparison with an earlier historical cycle, that is one of the first three decades of the communist rule in the region. Thus, I propose to compare the social and economic situation in Poland of circa 1975 with that of 2019, so 30 years after the establishment of a new given political order (30 years after 1945 and 1989 respectively). The paper will offer a general overview of the trajectory of Poland in the post-war era, based primarily on the perspective of the world-system theory and that of the critical sociology of elites, one which will also point to the essential structural contexts of the post-communist dynamics of society. This paper will be based on a basic observation: even if both the 1970s and late 2010s can be considered as periods of relative political stabilization and economic growth for the region as such, and Poland in particular, these countries are, at the same time, subjected to a considerable and even increasing economic dependence on the Western core. In the conclusions, it is argued that the proposed comparative approach, taking into account both an earlier historical cycle and the broader structural dependency of the region, may allow to cast a new light on the nature of current dynamics in Polish politics as well as on the possible future trajectories of the country.

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Social and Cultural Obstacles to Russian Modernisation

Cited by 4 publications

References 3 publications

Russia against Europe: A clash of interpretations of modernity?

Russia against Europe: A clash of interpretations of modernity?

The Soviet Model of Modernity and Russia’s Post-communist Political Transformations

Crises of the communist and neoliberal orders 30 years later: A structural comparison between 1975 and 2019 Poland

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