Civilisational bifurcation of the great Middle East

Authors

  • Agamali K. Mamedov Lomonosov State Moscow University, 1 Leninskiye Gory, Moscow 119234, Russia

Keywords:

bifurcation, globalisation, ideology, value orientations, national identity, global civilisation, Islamic civilisation space, Islamisation of modernity, civilisational shifts

Abstract

The main attention of the work is paid to the analysis of possible options for the civilisational development of the countries of the Middle East. Various proposals, concepts of researchers, thinkers are presented, but the main emphasis is on considering the consequences of the introduction of certain alternatives, including the experience of past centuries, as well as the possibility of using alternative solutions in modern conditions. The article discusses the idea of the uniqueness of the historical and civilisational development of the Middle East. The parameters of the search for options for social development are revealed.

Author Biography

  • Agamali K. Mamedov, Lomonosov State Moscow University, 1 Leninskiye Gory, Moscow 119234, Russia

    doctor of sciences (sociology), full professor; head of the department of sociology of communication systems, faculty of sociology

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Published

2021-04-13

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No. 1 (2021): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology

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Mamedov, A.K. 2021. Civilisational bifurcation of the great Middle East. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology. 1 (Apr. 2021), 46–51. DOI:https://doi.org/10.33581/2521-6821-2021-1-46-51.