SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS OF A MODERN RUSSIAN SOCIETY AND ARMY IN THE CONDITIONS OF MODERNIZATION

Abstract

The article reveals the relations between such
notions as «tradition», «novation» and «innovation» in the aspect
of modernization processesа of the Russian society. The
interrelation and the interdependence of these notions and
spiritual traditions of Russian ethnos and its military organization,
as the main factors of counteraction to the destructive
processes of social existence are defined. According to the
recent researches spiritual traditions represent the mechanism
of self-defense, self-organization and modifications of
the society as a whole, so it can be regarded as the mechanism
of succession and renovation.