Post-Soviet identity of Russia in conceptual and political “wars of memory” (In memory of Valery Nikolaevich Rastorguev) Review of the book: National Memory in an Era of Change / T.V. Bespalova, S.P. Potseluev, V.N. Rastorguev

Abstract

The article gives an extensive review of the collective monograph of three doctors of sci­ences who focused on the problem of the functioning of the cultural mechanism of collec­tive memory in the era of “post-truth”. The subject of the study identifies three levels: factual, revealing the process of rewriting and falsifying history; political, considering the specifics of conducting a modern information war against Russia, in which “wars of memory” represent one of the directions of political confrontation; conceptual, defin­ing various strategies for Russia’s exit from the crisis of post-Soviet identity. The review pays particular attention to the discussion at the conceptual level in substantiating the concepts of “state-civilization” and “state-nation” on the issues of understanding the place and meaning of “Russian identity” and “historical truth” in solving the problem of Russia’s exit from the crisis of post-Soviet identity.