Russian Statehood as a Problem Field of Eurasian Philosophy

Abstract

Aim. To analyze the main ascetics of the historiosophical doctrine of the Russian statehood nature within the framework of classical Eurasianism philosophy. Representatives of this philosophical trend managed to create an original doctrine of the state, based on the civilizational and cultural approach to the development of Russia which keeps relevant up till now.

Methodology. The article considers that view on the state, which has become a real alternative to the traditional Eurocentric methodology. In the course of the study, cultural, comparative-historical, dialectic and comparative methods were used.

Results. The article concludes that the Eurasianists deeply studied the issues of the existence of the state of Russia-Eurasia, as a result of which the idea arose of a great civilizational power of Russia, capable of resisting the Western world, including the matters of state building. The significance of the Eurasians’ civilizational and cultural approach to the interpretation of the specifics of the Russian state development was determined, the connection between the cultural identity of the Eurasian world and the original state emerging on its soil, as well as the prospects of these ideas for further designing state building in our country, was identified.

Research implications. The study allows us to get an idea of the specifics of Russian statehood, based on the special inter-civilizational nature of the Eurasian world.