A Narrow Dichotomy: The Future Beyond Tradition and Modernity
Davyidov D.A. A Narrow Dichotomy: The Future Beyond Tradition and Modernity // Russia In Global Affairs.– 2025.– Vol. 23. No. 1 (89).– P. 51-68. DOI: 10.31278/1810-6374-2025-23-1-51-68. VAC list
Tradition is not the only possible source of an antidote to hypertrophied individualism; one might be found, this article suggests, in rethinking communism, which could form the basis for new modernization projects that consolidate society and resist cultural entropy. But this first requires reconsideration of Western leftist political thought, which has abandoned universal solidarity in favor of social fragmentation via myriad identity politics.
*The article is part of the research project “Social Consolidation of Russian Society: Mechanisms of Value-Institutional Support” carried out with support from the Russian Science Foundation, Project № 23-18-00427
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