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Civilizational values of EU countries, Russia, and Ukraine (based on the expert survey)
stmm. 2020 (2): 72-89
DOI https://doi.org/10.15407/sociology2020.02.072
Doctor of Science in Sociology, Professor at the Department of Sociological and Politic Science, National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" (2, Kirpichova St., Kharkiv, 61002)
iprushenko@gmail.com,
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7602-244X
The article discusses the differences between societal values in the European Union, the Russian Federation and Ukraine. According to the author's hypothesis, the current Russian-Ukrainian hybrid war is triggered not by interests but by the idea of imposing and maintaining the dominance of certain values. The empirical basis of the research is derived from a poll of experts conducted by the author during the II Kharkiv International Security Forum on November 29–30, 2019. As a part of survey methodology, a group of experts (50 respondents) was asked to assess the importance of societal values from the list (which consisted of 30 positions) in accordance with three locations — the EU countries, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine. A seven-digit ordinal scale (0 to 6) was used for evaluation. The list includes social values that are (or are not) essential for building a certain type of a social system. The findings of the study demonstrate that the top-10 social values in the EU and the Russian Federation are completely different. The EU countries: 1) Rule of Law, 2) Human Rights, 3) Private Property, 4) Democracy, 5) Person as Such, 6) Peaceful Existence, 7) Economic Efficiency, 8) Self-Identity (Me), 9) Liberty, 10) Civil Society. RF: 1) Victory in World War II, 2) National leader, 3) Army, 4) State, 5) Vodka, 6) Social Hierarchy, 7) Ideology, 8) Money, 9) Church, 10) Violence. The Ukrainian society occupies an intermediate position between the European and Russian civilization systems. The top-10 values in Ukraine are: 1) Money, 2) Freedom, 3) Army, 4) Children, 5) Peaceful existence, 6) Family, 7) Land, 8) Democracy, 9) Church, 10) State. The Ukrainian value system has not been fully developed, and the survey revealed that there is a shift of the value system towards the values of the united Europe. The dominant values in the EU countries are humanistic in their principles and create the foundation for the development of civil society. Meanwhile the principal Russian values are focused on strengthening the militarized state and rejection of European tradition by Russian society.
Keywords: values, civilization, hybrid war, EU countries, Russian Federation, Ukraine.
References
Amelchenko, N.A. (2013). The Values of a United Europe. [In Ukrainian] Kyiv: Laboratory of Legislative Initiatives. [= Амельченко 2013]
Bakhrevskii, Ye.V. (2019). Values of Russian civilization: challenges and ways to overcome them. Kul'turologicheskii Zhurnal, 4 (38). [In Russian] URL: http://cr-journal.ru/rus/journals/490.html&j_id=41 [= Бахревский 2019]
Bakirov, V. S. (1988). Valuable Consciousness and Activation of the Human Factor. [In Russian] Harkiv: Vyshcha Shkola [= Бакиров 1988]
Balakireva, O.M., Heiets, V.M., Sidenko, V.R. et al. (2014). The Value Component of Modernization Processes in Modern Society of Ukraine. [In Ukrainian] Kyiv: Institute of Economics and Prognosis, NAS of Ukraine. [= Балакірєва 2014]
Growth by Six Points. Ukraine has Improved its Performance In the World Ranking of Democracy in 2019. [In Ukrainian] URL: https://nv.ua/ukr/ukraine/events/indeks-demokratij... [= Зростання 2020]
Efendiev, A.G. (Ed.) (2000). General Sociology. Tutorial. [In Russian] Moscow: MNFRA-M. [= Эфендиев 2000]
Golovakha, Ye. (2013). Values and barriers to modernization in Ukraine. [In Ukrainian] In: Variation of Modernity and Modernization: Ukrainian Social in the Context of Global Processes: International Scientific-Practical Conference (Kyiv, November 28–29, 2013) (pp. 28–30). Kyiv: Talcom. [= Головаха 2013]
Hovorun, K. (2017). Values in the modern world. [In Ukrainian] OPEN. URL: http://open.kmbs.ua/cinnosti-u-suchasnomu-sviti [= Говорун 2017]
Jerry, D., Jerry, J. (1999). The Big Explanatory Sociological Dictionary (Collins) / Vol. 2 (П-Я), trans. from English (P-Ja). [In Russian] Moscow: Veche, AST.
Kudriachenko, A.I. (2012). European values and their impact on the development of young democracies. [In Ukrainian] Zovnishnia Polityka i Dyplomatiia: Dosvid, Modeli, Tradytsii, 19, 62–68. [= Кудряченко 2012]
Mahda, Ye. (2017). Russia's Hybrid Aggression: Lessons for Europe. [In Ukrainian] Kyiv: KALAMAR. [= Магда 2017]
Otrіshhenko, N. (2014). The experience of the 2013–2014 revolution: from values to everyday practices. [In Ukrainian] Sociology: theory, methods, marketing, 3, 148–158. [= Отріщенко 2014]
Pyrozhkov, S.I., Maiboroda, O.M., Shaihorodskyi, Yu.Zh. et al. (Eds.) (2016). Civilizational Choice of Ukraine: Paradigm of Comprehension and Strategy of Action: National Report. [In Ukrainian] Kyiv: I.F. Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnonational Studies. [= Пирожков 2016]
Radchenko, O.V. (2009). The Value System of Society as a Mechanism of Democratic State Formation. [In Ukrainian] Kharkіv: Magіstr. [= Радченко 2009]
Rickert, H. (1998). Natural Sciences and Cultural Sciences. [In Russian] Moscow: Respublika. [= Риккерт 1998]
Rushchenko, I. (2019). War of Civilizations: Anatomy of the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict. [In Ukrainian] Kyiv: Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. [= Рущенко 2019]
Surkov, V. (2019). Putin's Long State. [In Russian] URL: http://www.ng.ru/ideas/2019-02-11/5_7503_surkov.ht... [= Сурков 2019]
Zdravomyslov, A.G. (1986). Needs. Interests. Values. [In Russian] Moscow: Politizdat. [= Здравомыслов 1986]
Received 31.01.2020
Civilizational values of EU countries, Russia, and Ukraine (based on the expert survey)
stmm. 2020 (2): 72-89
DOI https://doi.org/10.15407/sociology2020.02.072
Doctor of Science in Sociology, Professor at the Department of Sociological and Politic Science, National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" (2, Kirpichova St., Kharkiv, 61002)
iprushenko@gmail.com,
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7602-244X
The article discusses the differences between societal values in the European Union, the Russian Federation and Ukraine. According to the author's hypothesis, the current Russian-Ukrainian hybrid war is triggered not by interests but by the idea of imposing and maintaining the dominance of certain values. The empirical basis of the research is derived from a poll of experts conducted by the author during the II Kharkiv International Security Forum on November 29–30, 2019. As a part of survey methodology, a group of experts (50 respondents) was asked to assess the importance of societal values from the list (which consisted of 30 positions) in accordance with three locations — the EU countries, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine. A seven-digit ordinal scale (0 to 6) was used for evaluation. The list includes social values that are (or are not) essential for building a certain type of a social system. The findings of the study demonstrate that the top-10 social values in the EU and the Russian Federation are completely different. The EU countries: 1) Rule of Law, 2) Human Rights, 3) Private Property, 4) Democracy, 5) Person as Such, 6) Peaceful Existence, 7) Economic Efficiency, 8) Self-Identity (Me), 9) Liberty, 10) Civil Society. RF: 1) Victory in World War II, 2) National leader, 3) Army, 4) State, 5) Vodka, 6) Social Hierarchy, 7) Ideology, 8) Money, 9) Church, 10) Violence. The Ukrainian society occupies an intermediate position between the European and Russian civilization systems. The top-10 values in Ukraine are: 1) Money, 2) Freedom, 3) Army, 4) Children, 5) Peaceful existence, 6) Family, 7) Land, 8) Democracy, 9) Church, 10) State. The Ukrainian value system has not been fully developed, and the survey revealed that there is a shift of the value system towards the values of the united Europe. The dominant values in the EU countries are humanistic in their principles and create the foundation for the development of civil society. Meanwhile the principal Russian values are focused on strengthening the militarized state and rejection of European tradition by Russian society.
Keywords: values, civilization, hybrid war, EU countries, Russian Federation, Ukraine.
References
Amelchenko, N.A. (2013). The Values of a United Europe. [In Ukrainian] Kyiv: Laboratory of Legislative Initiatives. [= Амельченко 2013]
Bakhrevskii, Ye.V. (2019). Values of Russian civilization: challenges and ways to overcome them. Kul'turologicheskii Zhurnal, 4 (38). [In Russian] URL: http://cr-journal.ru/rus/journals/490.html&j_id=41 [= Бахревский 2019]
Bakirov, V. S. (1988). Valuable Consciousness and Activation of the Human Factor. [In Russian] Harkiv: Vyshcha Shkola [= Бакиров 1988]
Balakireva, O.M., Heiets, V.M., Sidenko, V.R. et al. (2014). The Value Component of Modernization Processes in Modern Society of Ukraine. [In Ukrainian] Kyiv: Institute of Economics and Prognosis, NAS of Ukraine. [= Балакірєва 2014]
Growth by Six Points. Ukraine has Improved its Performance In the World Ranking of Democracy in 2019. [In Ukrainian] URL: https://nv.ua/ukr/ukraine/events/indeks-demokratij... [= Зростання 2020]
Efendiev, A.G. (Ed.) (2000). General Sociology. Tutorial. [In Russian] Moscow: MNFRA-M. [= Эфендиев 2000]
Golovakha, Ye. (2013). Values and barriers to modernization in Ukraine. [In Ukrainian] In: Variation of Modernity and Modernization: Ukrainian Social in the Context of Global Processes: International Scientific-Practical Conference (Kyiv, November 28–29, 2013) (pp. 28–30). Kyiv: Talcom. [= Головаха 2013]
Hovorun, K. (2017). Values in the modern world. [In Ukrainian] OPEN. URL: http://open.kmbs.ua/cinnosti-u-suchasnomu-sviti [= Говорун 2017]
Jerry, D., Jerry, J. (1999). The Big Explanatory Sociological Dictionary (Collins) / Vol. 2 (П-Я), trans. from English (P-Ja). [In Russian] Moscow: Veche, AST.
Kudriachenko, A.I. (2012). European values and their impact on the development of young democracies. [In Ukrainian] Zovnishnia Polityka i Dyplomatiia: Dosvid, Modeli, Tradytsii, 19, 62–68. [= Кудряченко 2012]
Mahda, Ye. (2017). Russia's Hybrid Aggression: Lessons for Europe. [In Ukrainian] Kyiv: KALAMAR. [= Магда 2017]
Otrіshhenko, N. (2014). The experience of the 2013–2014 revolution: from values to everyday practices. [In Ukrainian] Sociology: theory, methods, marketing, 3, 148–158. [= Отріщенко 2014]
Pyrozhkov, S.I., Maiboroda, O.M., Shaihorodskyi, Yu.Zh. et al. (Eds.) (2016). Civilizational Choice of Ukraine: Paradigm of Comprehension and Strategy of Action: National Report. [In Ukrainian] Kyiv: I.F. Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnonational Studies. [= Пирожков 2016]
Radchenko, O.V. (2009). The Value System of Society as a Mechanism of Democratic State Formation. [In Ukrainian] Kharkіv: Magіstr. [= Радченко 2009]
Rickert, H. (1998). Natural Sciences and Cultural Sciences. [In Russian] Moscow: Respublika. [= Риккерт 1998]
Rushchenko, I. (2019). War of Civilizations: Anatomy of the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict. [In Ukrainian] Kyiv: Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. [= Рущенко 2019]
Surkov, V. (2019). Putin's Long State. [In Russian] URL: http://www.ng.ru/ideas/2019-02-11/5_7503_surkov.ht... [= Сурков 2019]
Zdravomyslov, A.G. (1986). Needs. Interests. Values. [In Russian] Moscow: Politizdat. [= Здравомыслов 1986]
Received 31.01.2020
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