Traditional Values: Conception, Approaches, Ideologemes

Aim. To analyze the concept of traditional values through the prism of various existing approaches to its interpretation, as well as in the context of the basic ideologemes that led to its formation.

Methodology. The study consistently examines the path of modern Russian society towards the conception of traditional values, beginning from realization of the shortage of “spiritual staples”and finishing with approval of their detailed list at the legislative level. Various approaches to the interpretation of traditional values are analyzed, starting with destructive ones that deny them conceptual significance and relevance for various reasons, and ending with constructive ones that interpret values from concrete-historical or more wide philosophical positions. The most significant ideologemes are identified and analyzed as the worldview foundations of the conception of traditional values. To realize the stated research directions, the methods of analysis and synthesis, historical and logical methods, dialectical method, systematic method, methods of analogy and extrapolation are complexly applied.

Results. The study shows that there are various interpretive approaches to the list of Russian traditional values. The most productive of them is the philosophical approach, which focuses on the most wide, integrative perception of the analyzed phenomenon. The formation of traditional values relates to several worldview foundations, the most important of them are “Moscow – the Third Rome” and “Orthodoxy. Monarchy. Nationality”. For a long time, these ideologemes determined the vector of Russia’s development, the specifics of the national consciousness of its people and the value system they were forming. They can be considered a full embodiment of the “Russian spirit”, which guided the people of Russia throughout the entire path of its historical development, guaranteed the safety of its fundamental worldview constants under any, and even the most unfavorable circumstances.

Research implications. The theoretical significance of the study is related to the consideration of traditional values from the standpoint of various modern approaches to their interpretation and a critical assessment of these approaches. It is also theoretically significant to comprehend the worldview foundations of traditional values in the format of the ideologemes that led to their appearance. The practical significance of the research is due to the very topic of consideration – traditional values, that are the moral guidelines determining the worldview of Russian people, forming the foundation for the development of modern Russian society. Considering traditional values as the most important and significant for our people collective representations helps to integrate them into the consciousness and worldview of Russians, turns them into a practical guideline for actioning in modern Russia.

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