Russia and Europe: Dialogue on Values in the Space of Civilization

Russia and Europe: Dialogue on Values in the Space of Civilization


Chugrov S.V.,

Professor, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, MFA of Russia, Dr. Sci. (Soc.), Editor-in-Chief, Polis. Political Studies; , new-polis@politstudies.ru


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DOI: 10.17976/jpps/2015.04.13

For citation:

Chugrov S.V. Russia and Europe: Dialogue on Values in the Space of Civilization. – Polis. Political Studies. 2015. No. 4. P. 157-169. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17976/jpps/2015.04.13



Abstract

The Third “Berdyaev Readings” Forum was held in mid-April and its topic was “Russia and Europe: Dialogue on Values in the Space of Civilization.” It was organized by the Institute of Socio-economic and Political Research on the site of the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University. It is no coincidence, since the Kaliningrad region is a exceptional part of the country, located in the heart of Europe, on the territory of the Russian exclave or an enclave with a reference to the European Union. As explained by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Fund Dmitry Badovsky, Kant’s saying that the “Creation takes not a moment but eternity” could be a slogan for this Kaliningrad forum. The agenda was focused on our fatherland’s enduring problems: what are Russia and Europe to each other? Who are we – the two cultures in the space of a single civilization, or two civilizations born from a single root? Whether active Russian-European historical and philosophical and cultural dialogue, and political engagement are possible in a world that is changing fast enough? These “Berdyaev readings” for the first time were held in a format of an international forum. Participants have also discussed the features of modern conservatism in Europe and in Russia. At the forum, prof. Boris Mezhuev presented a new anthology entitled The Self-knowledge. This review reproduces the most thought-provoking statements followed by the author’s comments.

Keywords
Russia; Europe, conservatism; civilizations; EU, European values; Berdyaev readings; ISEPR.


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