NATIONAL CULTURE – A ROADMAP FORWARD OR AN ETERNAL TRAP: WHAT THE WORLD IS DEALING WITH IN THIS WAR WITH RUSSIA
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Numerous Western analysts have openly admitted not having considered the ‘logic’ Russia was following for years before its unprovoked and unjust war against Ukraine. Moreover, the democratic world still attempts to analyze Russia’s actions from the cognitive and cultural paradigm which is radically different from that of this country’s mentality. The said two paradigms are as different as the world of Alice from Lewis Carroll’s famous novel and the ‘through the looking glass’ world, in which she has found herself one day. Cross-cultural studies, underpinned by psychology and sociology, provide a framework, parsimonious enough to better understand the actions of Russian rulers and people. Cross-cultural science studies the mechanisms of interaction between national cultures and institutions, which regulate behavior and decision-making in respective countries. Identical institutions will not only operate differently in different countries, but will diverge in structure, legitimacy, and level of influence. Using Russia as an example, further in the article the impact of national culture on the country’s institutions will be analyzed, along with the subsequent behavioral patterns
NATIONAL CULTURE – A ROADMAP FORWARD OR AN ETERNAL TRAP: WHAT THE WORLD IS DEALING WITH IN THIS WAR WITH RUSSIA
NATIONAL CULTURE – A ROADMAP FORWARD OR AN…
NATIONAL CULTURE – A ROADMAP FORWARD OR AN ETERNAL TRAP: WHAT THE WORLD IS DEALING WITH IN THIS WAR WITH RUSSIA
Numerous Western analysts have openly admitted not having considered the ‘logic’ Russia was following for years before its unprovoked and unjust war against Ukraine. Moreover, the democratic world still attempts to analyze Russia’s actions from the cognitive and cultural paradigm which is radically different from that of this country’s mentality. The said two paradigms are as different as the world of Alice from Lewis Carroll’s famous novel and the ‘through the looking glass’ world, in which she has found herself one day. Cross-cultural studies, underpinned by psychology and sociology, provide a framework, parsimonious enough to better understand the actions of Russian rulers and people. Cross-cultural science studies the mechanisms of interaction between national cultures and institutions, which regulate behavior and decision-making in respective countries. Identical institutions will not only operate differently in different countries, but will diverge in structure, legitimacy, and level of influence. Using Russia as an example, further in the article the impact of national culture on the country’s institutions will be analyzed, along with the subsequent behavioral patterns