Modern Slavophiles: Assessment of the Special Military Operation as a Confrontation Between the Ideologies of Sovereign Statehood and UltraGlobalism. Part I

Aim. To identify the influence of the social and philosophical ideas of the Slavophiles in modern Russia in understanding the essence of the SMO (Special Military Operation), its goals and significance. To substantiate the thesis that the most popular idea is the conviction that that it is necessary to fully restore the state sovereignty on the basis of national traditions as opposed to the uncontrolled borrowing of foreign forms.

Methodology. The principles of social and philosophical thought of the Slavophiles of the classical period of the 19th century and those of the modern neo-Slavophile movement are compared.

Results. The author substantiates the thesis that the beginning of the SMO is assessed by neo-Slavophiles as Russia’s entry into a new stage of its history - revival and sovereign development, an actual break with Western civilization, which launched a war with Russia on behalf of NATO and the United States. Its victorious outcome for Russia means not only the restoration of historical lands and the reunification of the people, but also an access to a non-capitalist path of development. Thus, the SMO acquires a total character: a liberation, civilizational and sacred, religious struggle. For neo-Slavophiles, the policy of the “new Westerners” for universal digitalization is seen as a threat to national security and a “second front” in the struggle for sovereignty.

Research implications. There is need to sovereignize and mobilize the spheres of social sciences and education to understand the profound change taking place in the world and make the right decisions based on the principles of the Russian philosophical tradition.

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