Identity of Russian Elite in Theory of Y. Samarin

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Identity Studies, Vienna, Austria, 6-7 September 2016

Posted: 21 Feb 2017

See all articles by Mariia Rubtcova

Mariia Rubtcova

North- West Institute of Management-branch of RANEPA

Oleg Pavenkov

Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA) - Moscow Campus

Vladimir Pavenkov

Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping

Date Written: September 2016

Abstract

The article deals with topic of identity of Russian intellectual elite according to theory Y. Samarin. Samarin with great attention considered processes in the social and spiritual life of modern Western European elites at the late of XIX – at the beginning XX centuries. Russian philosopher saw the final defeat of the old European rationalism expressed in the form of formal Christian ideology. In the XXI century we observe the partial degeneration of Western Christianity and the emergence in Europe of a new post-Christian civilization and therefore post-Christian elites. This process was developed in the late XIX century. For example, Samarin when he was in Berlin in February 1876, gave in letter the following assessment of German society. He noticed bad condition of German identity. Impervious layers of historical formations, hardened mass of prejudices and misunderstandings oppress the minds and suppress conscience. Nothing proves the impoverishment of moral life of and narrowing of intellectual interests as these two established parties. There is nothing except these parties. They encounter everywhere on these two parties: in parliamentary speeches, sermons, in the new commentary of Bible, in medical journals and in the course of astronomy. However the same situation of degradation of identity was observed in Russian state. We made conclusion that degradation of Russian identity reinforced in the conditions of market economy, postmodernism ideology and developing post-Christian civilization.

Keywords: Identity, Russian Elite, Eurocentrism, Cultural-Historical Type, Cultures Elites, Russia, Europe

Suggested Citation

Rubtcova, Mariia and Pavenkov, Oleg and Pavenkov, Vladimir, Identity of Russian Elite in Theory of Y. Samarin (September 2016). Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Identity Studies, Vienna, Austria, 6-7 September 2016, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2919919

Mariia Rubtcova (Contact Author)

North- West Institute of Management-branch of RANEPA ( email )

St.Petersburg
Russia

Oleg Pavenkov

Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA) - Moscow Campus ( email )

Moscow, 119571
Russia

Vladimir Pavenkov

Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping ( email )

5/7 Dvinskaya
St. Petersburg, 198035
Russia

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