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ШЛА БЫ ТЫ... ЗАМЕТКИ О НАЦИОНАЛЬНОЙ ИДЕЕ

Bibliographic Description

Шла бы ты... Заметки о национальной идее / Сатановский, Е.Я. – М. : Изд-во «Э», 2016. – (Русский путь). – ISBN 978-5-699-75495-3.

Author
Сатановский, Е.Я.
Publisher
Изд-во «Э»
Year of publication
2016
Classification index (UDC)
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Language
Russian
Publication type
Book
Country of Publication
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Access
Available to all

Description

The authorities want the country to have a national idea. That in itself is a good thing. The only question is: which one? There was one already. "Autocracy, Orthodoxy, Nationality." It ended badly. It seems no one is building a "new world" anymore either. "Plunder what has been plundered" - true in substance, but crude. On the other hand, there is a large international selection. The world is big. There are many national ideas in it. Russian and Jewish. American and European ones - over there, in Europe, they're as numerous as stray dogs. Ideas on which the East stands. Be it an empire, or the Koran. Everything that formed the basis of prosperous settler societies. And of Africa, drifting from apartheid to tribal savagery. Finally, whatever has sprouted across the expanses of the former USSR. From the Maidan to dictatorship. Which road Russia will take is for those who govern it to decide. How this ends for the country, and for them personally, is not only their problem. Everyone will have to deal with the consequences. But what will be, will be. The role of the individual in history consists precisely in making the choice. Whether it will be the right one, or as usual - we shall see…

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