Challenges and Responses of the 18TH Century Russia

Occupation: Leading researcher, Institute of History and Archeology
Affiliation: Institute of History and Archeology, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation

Journal name

Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya

Edition

Issue10

Pages

130-139

Abstract

The recently adopted “Strategy for the Scientific and Technical Development of the Russian Federation” examines the tasks facing the state within the framework of A. Toynbee’s “challenges and responses” concept. According to the historical experience, Russia previously had to respond to the economical, technological and military challenges. Investigation of the “challenge-response” mechanism reveals many details. Their understanding from the perspective of historical sociology can be helpful in our time as well. In the author’s previous paper, it was shown that one of Russia’s effective “responses” to the challenge of the West was the reforms of Peter I. The purpose of these reforms was to create a “regular state”, but after the death of the reformer, a period of a traditionalism reaction came, when many of the results of reforms were lost. In Prussia, the program for the creation of a regular state was carried out more consistently, and in the 1740s this new military power challenged the surrounding countries, including Russia. The response of Russia was expressed in the unsuccessful reforms of Peter III, which led to the death of the emperor, the weakening of the state and the formation of a “noble monarchy”. In this situation, the Russian society could not resist the new challenge expressed in the spread of the French aristocratic culture. As a result, social divisions have become cultural in nature. Meanwhile, the challenge from the Western “regular states”, Prussia and Austria, towards the end of the XVIII century sounded with a renewed vigor. Paul I tried to give a new respond to this challenge, but this attempt, as well as the attempt of Peter III, ended in failure.

Keywords

Russian Federation, scientific and technological development strategy, Toynbee, challenges and responses, historical experience, 18th century, import of institutions, import of technologies

Acknowledgment

The article is part of the project «Russian Modernizations: Historical Challenges and Mechanisms for their Overcoming» within the Ural Branch of RAS program «Socio-economic and humanitarian problems of society development».

Received

29.11.2018

Publication date

29.11.2018

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GOST	Nefedov S. “Challenges” and “Responses” of the 18TH Century Russia // Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya – 2018. – Issue10 C. 130-139 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/socis/s207987840001376-2-1-en (circulation date: 25.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013216250002165-4
MLA	Nefedov, Sergey A "“Challenges” and “Responses” of the 18TH Century Russia." Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya 10 (2018):130-139. DOI: 10.31857/S013216250002165-4
APA	Nefedov S. (2018). “Challenges” and “Responses” of the 18TH Century Russia. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya (10), pp.130-139 DOI: 10.31857/S013216250002165-4

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