After the end of Cold War, tri­umphant West came to con­clu­sion that val­ues which it rep­res­en­ted were uni­ver­sal rel­ev­ance, and this in turn would provide basis for its long-term he­ge­mony. However, as­sump­tion has been chal­lenged – or even dis­proven by spec­tac­u­lar rise so-called „civil­iz­a­tional states”, i.e., states define them­selves not as na­tion-states but civil­iz­a­tion...

The article examines the question of evolution philosophical and historical views Russian intellectuals Pyotr Yakovlevich Chaadaev (1794–1856) Vasily Vi­talievich Shulgin (1878–1976). It is noted that both them largely depart from usual definition civilizational identity Russia in coordinates “West-East” pre­fer to operate with dichotomy “North-South”. Revealing “Northern” Russia, primarily, (i...

As a field of significant activity for historical sociologists in recent decades, civilizational analysis has produced extensive and incisive works examining Japan as formation Eurasia. However, the same cannot be said Japan’s Pacific relationship with United States, which is neglected major sociologies Japanese modernity. This essay seeks to address that unnecessary oversight by putting into f...