Philosophical Foundations of Overcoming the Universalistic Approach in Russian Humanities

   Aim. To reveal the value of the ideas presented by Russian philosophers on understanding the specificity of the Russian civilizational tradition and overcoming the universalist approach in the Russian education system.

   Methodology. The study was conducted using a local-civilizational approach, historical, comparative and hermeneutic methods, as well as figurative and logical modeling.

   Results. The results obtained can serve as a basis for both understanding difficulties of the key differences in the Russian tradition and a need to form an authentic theoretical and methodological toolkit, as well as a conceptual basis, for its further development in public consciousness and educational programs, despite the country’s reorientation from the model of a nation-state to the model of a state-civilization. As an alternative to the key values of Western civilization, such as individualism, human rights and freedoms, and market competition (which have become the foundation of liberal theory and capitalism), the concept of conciliarity, the idea of service, and the principle of cooperative efforts have been proposed.

   Research implications. The issues raised in the article are of significant importance for Russia’s policy on state identity and the subsequent transformation of the educational process and the revision of curricula in the entire range of social-humanitarian disciplines.

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