List of issues > Series «Political Science and Religion Studies». 2025. Vol 51
State Paternalism as a Socio-Cultural Matrix of Russian
Civilizational Survival
Author(s)
V. G. FedorovAbstract
In the context of the study, the problem of studying state paternalism as a socio-cultural
core of Russian society is raised. A detailed analysis of state paternalism as a socio-cultural matrix of
Russian civilization is carried out. The issue of preserving the complex value-semantic unity of Russian society within the framework of permanent historical upheavals and crises is considered. The
importance of the socio-cultural doctrine of Russian state paternalism as a factor of self-identification
and survival of civilization is substantiated. The role of Russian dependents in the paradigm of paternalistic dialogue is summarized, and attention is focused on the fact that a violation of the balance of
power in the paternalistic dialogue leads to mass unrest, riots, uprisings, and turmoil. The transformation of state paternalism in the Russian cultural and historical space is described. The author uses
the methods of a sociocultural approach, a transcommunicative approach and architectonics to establish cause-and-effect relationships between state paternalism and the sociocultural matrix of Russian
civilization.
About the Authors
Fedorov Vladislav Glebovich,
Lecturer, Postgraduate, Department of General
history, political science and area studies,
Historical and Sociological Institute,
National Research Ogarev Mordovia State
University,
68/1, Bolshevistskaya st., Saransk,
430005, Russian Federation,
e-mail: thisisvladislav@mail.ru
For citation
Fedorov V.G. State Paternalism as a Socio-Cultural Matrix of Russian Civilizational Survival. The Bulletin of
Irkutsk State University. Series Political Science and Religion Studies, 2025, vol. 51, pp. 17-29. https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2025.51.17 (in Russian)
Keywords
paternalism, state paternalism, value-semantic unity, socio-cultural matrix, guardianship,
dependency, transcommunication, civilizational survival.
UDC
323.21
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2025.51.17
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