Modernization of the Empire. Social and cultural aspects of modernization processes inRussia Modernizat︠s︡ii︠a︡ vo imi︠a︡ imperii

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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. Freie Universität Berlin S.N. Gavrov S.N. Gavrov Monograph « Modernization of the Empire. Social and cultural aspects of modernization processes in Russia». http://edocs.fu-berlin.de/docs/receive/FUDOCS_document_000000000816