БІЛОРУСЬ НА РОЗЛОМІ ЦИВІЛІЗАЦІЙ?

Abstract

The article shows that the ontological status of Belarus does not necessarily need to be formulated as the border between the West and the East. Belarus is often regarded as a border area between the West and the East. Hence, different political conclusions are drawn: with whom Belarusians – with the East, in which Russia is always considered, or – with the West, that is, Europe. According to the author of the article, this formulation of the question is in principle incorrect. In the first place should be Belarus, and then all other countries. The territory of any country lies between the territories of some other countries. But for some reason, no ideologists or politicians pay much attention to this fact. It is necessary to raise the question of Belarus as an independent state which for many centuries was a powerful political and cultural entity. Huntington’s definition of a «torn» country does not apply to Belarus. The place of Belarus in the concept of modern world civilizations is not that of a Western or Orthodox civilization, but is of a union of Christian states.