| Summary/Abstract |
The article analyzes “traditional values” through the lens of history,
philosophy, and political science in the context of the main social and
political processes within Western modernity. From such a perspective,
the notion of ‘traditional values’ comes as an important element of the
liberal-conservative approach characteristic of Western modernity as
opposed to the prevalent emancipatory approach. The history of relations
between the West and Russia shows that Russia has traditionally acted
as a “conservative balancer” in the system of international relations that
developed in the 19th century. At the end of the 20th century, following the
collapse of the USSR and the end of the Cold War, radical left-liberal elites
gained the upper hand in the West.
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