Nation, Nazism and Fascism: Socio-humanitarian paradigms of political science definitions
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5164-2024-2-7-28
Abstract
Aim. To identify consistent approaches to defining the concepts of “nation”, “Nazism” and “fascism” in the context of the tasks of a new ideological construction in Russia, to revise the Western conceptual apparatus in Russian political science.
Methodology. The method of contextualization, manifested in the consideration of the phenomena “nation”, “Nazism” and “fascism” in the context of the proposed socio-humanitarian paradigms and historical and cultural development of the communities that generated them.
Results. Approaches to defining the phenomena “Nazism” and “fascism” are proposed. The connection between the development of the concept of the nation-state and the history of Western civilization is shown, and the destructive consequences of its extrapolations to non-Western civilizational communities are revealed. The factors of Nazism genesis in the world have been identified.
Research implications. The results of the study can be used to formulate definitions of the phenomena “nation”, “Nazism” and “fascism” in strategic planning documents of the Russian Federation, educational activities. Approaches to identifying Nazism and blocking it at the early stages of generation are proposed.
About the Author
V. E. Baghdasaryan
Federal State University of Education
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vardan E. Bagdasaryan – Dr. Sci. (History), Prof., Dean of the Faculty of History, Political Science and Law
ul. Very Voloshinoi 24, Mytishchi 141014, Moscow Region
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