Post-Soviet identity of Russia in conceptual and political “wars of memory” (In memory of Valery Nikolaevich Rastorguev) Review of the book: National Memory in an Era of Change / T.V. Bespalova, S.P. Potseluev, V.N. Rastorguev
Аннотация:The article gives an extensive review of the collective monograph of three doctors of sciences who focused on the problem of the functioning of the cultural mechanism of collective memory in the era of “post-truth”. The subject of the study identifies three levels: factual, revealing the process of rewriting and falsifying history; political, considering the specifics of conducting a modern information war against Russia, in which “wars of memory” represent one of the directions of political confrontation; conceptual, defining various strategies for Russia’s exit from the crisis of post-Soviet identity. The review pays particular attention to the discussion at the conceptual level in substantiating the concepts of “state-civilization” and “state-nation” on the issues of understanding the place and meaning of “Russian identity” and “historical truth” in solving the problem of Russia’s exit from the crisis of post-Soviet identity.
