The Phenomenon of "Russian Soul" as a Reflection of Traditional Russian Conservatism: New Theoretical and Methodological Approaches and Ordinary Perception of Conservatism

Abstract

The modernization changes happening in Russia since the beginning of the 90th of the XX century designated deep division of society and power. The wave of public performances, which is lasting since December 2011 and decreased, but completely did not disappear now in Russia, found a certain extent of misunderstanding and mutual distrust. The special role in the course of formation consolidating society spiritually -moral and socially -political bases is allocated for conservatism as conservative function of the state consists in association of the people in social space, and involvement of social thought of apologists of the Russian conservatism allows to carry out this association. Traditional Russian conservatism is considered as essential part mysterious "the Russian soul" that defines life of the Russian person both in the native environment (Anisimov & Gulyaihin, 2013;Karabulatova, Koyche & Gultyaev, 2013;Karabulatova & Polivara, 2013;Karabulatova, Sayfulina & Akhmetova, 2013& Karabulatova & Akhmetova 2015

Siberia as a Trigger of Geopolitical Conflictogenic Media Discourse

“…This ancient toponym Siberia evokes lively reactions in most people living in different parts of our big planet, as a kind of designation of an otherworldly, mysterious, unreal space where the spiritual power of the Earth-Gaia is formed, where the «mysterious Russian soul» is maximally manifested (Fedulov et al, 2015). This space is mythologized as much as possible due to the remoteness from the center and the lack of knowledge about this territory.…”