Abstract
The article is based on the idea that in the setting of multiculturalism of the Russian society, the escalation of ethnic conflict is fraught with grave risks to the territorial integrity of the state; therefore, there is much tension around the issue of ensuring the spiritual security of the Russian society as a key factor in preserving the national sovereignty and cultural identity of the Russian Federation. The analysis of ethnocultural education as a social institution and sociocultural space of the socialization of an individual has made it possible to suggest that it has the potential to ensure the spiritual security of the Russian society, particularly in regard to interethnic relations. The authors conclude that the continuity of traditions, the interaction of ethnocultures, their sustainability and renewal in the dynamic changes of modern society is comprehended through ethnocultural education, which allows preserving the heritage of local cultures within the context of the nationhood of the Russian Federation. Hence, ethnocultural education serves as a factor of the spiritual security of the Russian multicultural society, ensuring the continuity of reproduction of historical traditions of long-term cohabitation and cooperation of various ethnic cultures in the common cultural and political space of the Russian Federation, having a beneficial effect on the harmonization of interethnic relations and paving the way for the sustainable development of the Russian society.
Highlights
The actualization of the issue of the spiritual security of the Russian society is largely associated with a severe mental and moral crisis which is manifested in the development of antisocial phenomena, rampant corruption and crime, spread of the extremist ideology among young people
Spiritual crisis consists in the sociocultural disaccord of the Russian society, which is manifested in the loss of common cultural senses, the absence of the unified national and cultural identity of the peoples of the Russian Federation
Lipset, according to whom, “it is social institutions that provide guarantees of sustainability, constancy of relations between people, building a stable structure of various forms of collective life; if it were not for social institutions, it would be impossible either to meet the most important social needs or to guarantee the wellhandled process of collective activity”[26]. This approach opens up a new opportunity for the study of ethnocultural education as a social institution which carries out certain activities and functions in the multicultural society
Summary
The actualization of the issue of the spiritual security of the Russian society is largely associated with a severe mental and moral crisis which is manifested in the development of antisocial phenomena, rampant corruption and crime, spread of the extremist ideology among young people. It appears that one of the institutions that are able to revive historical traditions of intercultural cooperation of various peoples and convey common ideological imperatives is the institution of ethnocultural education. Spiritual security is treated in the Russian scientific and research practices as a factor of the preservation of national sovereignty and cultural identity of the Russian Federation[23], as a state of society, contributing to its creative cultural and civilizational development[24], as a system of relations between the subjects of social life, providing supportive environment for the intellectual development of the society[25].
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