Cultural barriers of the Russian modernisation

Ch. 10. P. 136–148.

Lebedeva N.

In this chapter the cultural barriers of Russian modernisation and their consequences for the national development are analyzed. It starts from the necessity of consideration of cultural specifics when planning the social and cultural change in non-Western countries. The human-centered criteria for evaluation of culture and the concept of the cultural verticality-horizontality, based on the dimensions of Hofstede are offered. The comparison of national development indices of two countries - Russia and Canada- has shown that cultural verticality is a serious barrier for the further development of Russia, including the development of an innovative economy. In cross-national values comparisons, Russia appears to be closer in its value priorities to Post-Communist and Mediterranean countries. There is also a sizable value minority in Russia, which is typical for Western European countries, and these people might be a resource group for social advancement in Russia. In the conclusion possible ways of cultural modernisation of Russia from the point of human-centered approach are discussed.

Keywords: модернизация, культура, culture, modernisation

In book

Philosophical and Cultural Interpretations of Russian Modernisation

L.: Routledge, 2017.