Polycentrism versus Universalism in the Picture of the Social World

Abstract The principle of monocentrism in building a picture the social world is opposed to polycentrism. Certain trends substantiating monocentrism, on one hand, and polycentrism, other, are considered. justification universalism—of man, human consciousness, history. In anthropology, polycentrism based idea sociocultural conditioning while philosophy history, it concept history as development individual isolated cultures or civilizations. multiplicity civilizations creates polycentric world. Russia both state civilization. has attracted adjacent states, primarily post-Soviet space, into its civilizational field become core Eurasian However, even isolation, without Russian Federation Possible contents ideology civilization also