PROSPECTS FOR THE FORMATION OF A RUSSIAN STATE-CIVILIZATION IN THE FOCUS OF A PHILOSOPHICAL-LAW APPROACH

The scientific and practical relevance of the problem under consideration is due to the theoretical underdevelopment of the concept of “state-civilization”, as well as the need for Russia to more clearly position itself as a state-civilization in the context of global transformations associated with the transition to a multipolar world order. The author set the following goals: to give a clearer definition of the concept of “state-civilization” based on the distinction between such concepts as “civilizational identity” and “sociocultural originality”; to analyze the main problems associated with the formation of Russian civilizational identity; to outline the directions of philosophical and legal understanding of Russian civilizational specifics; to answer the question of whether Russia at this stage of its development can be considered as a state-civilization or is it still a project, the implementation of which requires the implementation of an appropriate state and legal policy. The analysis concludes that Russia, which has enormous civilizational potential, is still in the process of becoming a state-civilization. Progress in this direction is hampered by the absence of a value mainstream in the public consciousness of Russians that would express the commitment of society to a certain type of civilizational development, as well as the lack of development of a national project for the future that would be able to unite society and become (due to its universal significance) a factor of “soft power” that would attract allies beyond its borders. To solve these problems, it is necessary to have such a state policy in the field of forming the civilizational identity of Russia that, on the one hand, would be based on the spiritual and sacred sources of Russian statehood, and on the other, would be part of the strategy of Russian modernization.