Civilizational Analysis, Political Discourse, and the Reception of Western Modernity in Post-Soviet Russia

Authors

Yulia Prozorova, The Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of SciencesFollow

Keywords

Western modernity, post-Soviet Russia, political discourse

Abstract

Official political discourse retains a special importance since the communicative practices of the political elites generate interpretations and meanings, which are able to become programmatic for the design and arrangement of the main societal domains. This paper considers civilizational analysis and associated multiple modernities theory as a promising framework for understanding of the post-Soviet Russians experience of modernity in Russia. It also provides a review of how contemporary Russian political discourse receives and interprets the Western modernity project.

Recommended Citation

Prozorova, Yulia (2017) "Civilizational Analysis, Political Discourse, and the Reception of Western Modernity in Post-Soviet Russia," Comparative Civilizations Review: Vol. 77: No. 77, Article 7.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/ccr/vol77/iss77/7