The collapse of the Soviet Union, the large-scale transformation of the political and social structure in the early 1990s actualized the problem of nation-building in the new Russian state. The search for a “national idea” has contributed to the fact that over the past thirty years several dominant concepts of identity have changed in the Russian official discourse: from the denial of Soviet identity and the strategy of rapprochement with Western democracies to the construction of a great-power conservative identity of the “successor state”. The central place in the discourse of Russian identity is occupied by the problem of achieving social harmony through the elaboration of attitudes to the past, the construction of political values, the definition of symbolic boundaries of the political community. This research is devoted to the comparison of ideas about social harmony articulated within the framework of key concepts of post-Soviet identity of Russia.
Aim. To evaluate the practical orientation of the journalistic, publishing, and memoir activities of A. I. Koshelev.Methodology. The basis of the study is the content analysis of journalistic articles and memoirs of A. I. Koshelev in order to identify the author's orientation towards solving real problems facing the state. The creative heritage of A. I.Koshelev is studied in the context of the political events of the 19th century. Results. An important difference between A. I. Koshelev and most of his associates in the Slavophile circle is revealed: the predominantly practical orientation of literary and journalistic creative work. There are no abstract philosophical works among the works of the thinker, attention is focused on the practical issues of the life of the country in the 19th century: the socio-political structure, the development of the economy and finance, railway construction, publishing, etc. Research implications. Practical interest to the modern reader can be found in the judgments of A. I. Koshelev on optimizing the structure of the state life of Russia and on improving the forms of interaction between the authorities and the people. The relevance of the publicist's legacy is due to his negative attitude towards radicalism and commitment to the ideas of preserving the historical foundations of society and state.
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