Methodological perspectives of the study of the concept "power" in the Russian civilizational space

The article concerns the formulation of the key stratagem studies of the "Russian power" phenomenon. The methodological foundations typical of Russian researchers who deal with the problem of the philosophy of power in the history of Russian civilization are studied. Also, foreign classical works on the phenomenon of power in various civilizations have been analyzed. Particular attention is paid to the linguistic analysis of the concept "power" in English, Spanish and Russian. The tradition of studying the "power in Russian philosophy" phenomenon is traced. The text "Power" written by the well-known French author F. Fedier has been taken as a methodological example. The conclusion of the first part of the study is as follows: the concept "power" is insufficiently developed in Russian philosophy. Paradoxically, in the history of Russian philosophy, the overall and systematic philosophical comprehension of the concept "power" was produced only once, by the Russian philosopher-emigrant in the French language in 1942. As a consequence, the narrower concept "Russian power" seems to be a weak and less functional term. Formulated are the five stages of the research program allowing to overcome the negative conclusion: (1) the conceptual analysis of the "power" concept in encyclopedic publications, texts of classical Russian literature, modern journalism and social networks; (2) the analysis of the state of modern Russian philosophy. For this purpose, it has been proposed to use the method of statistical regularities of certain concepts. It refers to quantifying Russian philosophical texts about power; (3) the study of manifestations of power in clear, objectified forms: from painting to architecture; (4) the study of myth-formation and myth-construction, the analysis of false myths and imitations of myths. This will allow us to reach the root meanings of power and thereby strengthen the results of the first four stages of the study; (5) the above-mentioned stages of the research will make it possible to substantiate the symbols and signs of Russian power. Thus, the study of Russian power starts with word-symbols and ends with quite specific signs of the modern Russian power structure. Images are identified at the beginning of the study, and the meanings of power are formulated at the final stage. This approach allows forming a closed and cyclical space of research, which is proposed to be considered strategically as an introduction to the "Philosophy of Russian Power", and tactically merge into a broad research program "Semantic Codes in the Space of Russian Civilization".

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