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printOnce again on modernity:
reflections on ideology and politics
Chebankova E.A.,
Independent scholar, Cambridge, UK, elena.chebankova@icloud.com
Article received: 2024.12.20 13:28. Accepted: 2025.02.03 13:28
DOI: 10.17976/jpps/2025.03.09
EDN: WKTWHK
For citation:
Chebankova E.A. Once again on modernity: reflections on ideology and politics. – Polis. Political Studies. 2025. No. 3. https://doi.org/10.17976/jpps/2025.03.09. EDN: WKTWHK
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to conduct a historical and exegetical analysis of two sets of ideologies that influence the current political climate of the world: modern and postmodern. The paper argues that the ideational substance of both groups of ideologies is frequently conflated in the political discourse of not only Russia, but also numerous other nations. The discussion argues that liberalism as the predominant and fundamental ideology of modernity can be divided into two distinct categories – modern and postmodern – both of which exhibit significant differences and, in many ways, oppose each other. In addition, the paper reinforces the point that classical liberalism of modernity serves as the ideological basis of the entire modern era. Fascism, on the other hand, is often considered an ideology of modernity, while this article argues that it serves as the fundamental basis of postmodernity and the watershed ideology between the two eras. Finally, the paper observes that Russia, as well as many countries of the global South, are gravitating towards modern ideological constructions, and that an important way forward would be to reinvent and reintroduce the paradigm of modernity in the contemporary postmodern world. In Russia, some academic debates on this issue are underway
Keywords
modernity, post-modernity, neomodernism, ideologies, tradition, liberalism, fascism, values.
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