The process of Russian modernization as alternation of imperial and liberal models of modernization is considered in a monograph, in which an imperial model is a dominant, and liberal only additional, compensative. Nasha a historical misfortune consists in that Russian modernization is instrumental in not so much included of Russia in modernity, how many to strengthening of feodal'no-imperskikh grounds of the kul'turno-civilizacionnoy system. Modernization in the name strengthening of empire results in the redistribution of vital energy of man from the sphere of daily occurence in a sphere society or religious megaproektov, creates the world, where a man is the improvised mean only, and strengthening of empire is a great purpose. Whether it is possible to tear this vicious circle, show a country out of imperial track, to tear an umbilical cord, relating it with an impersko-feodal'nym legacy, and to release a man from service Empire, to Due and Power – here that circle of questions, on which we try to answer in this book. A book is intended for kul'turologov, historians, sociologists, all those, who is interested in the processes of Russian modernization.
Book; Russian Moskva: URSS, 2004. ISBN: 5354009154 9785354009152

A new book and political culturologist SN Gavrova devoted to the problems of Russia's modernization and postimperskogo transit. The author tries to find answers to key questions: what prevents us on the road to cultural and institutional integration in Europe - for freedom and democracy? And why do we so often seek to turn into a, for centuries nakatannuyu historic track, leading to regular neoimpersky historic impasse? The book is intended for political scientists, culture, historians, sociologists and all those interested in the processes of modernization in conditions of Russia's transformation postimperskih state and society.
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