Formation of basic concepts of the ideology of Sarmatism in the context of Friend-Alien relations: the origins of Polish Russophobia
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Monina N.P. Formation of basic concepts of the ideology of Sarmatism in the context of Friend-Alien relations: the origins of Polish Russophobia. Humanities of the South of Russia. 2024. Vol. 13. No. 1. P. 189-198. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18522/2227-8656.2024.1.13 (in Russ.).
Abstract
Objective of the study is to identify the origins of the formation of Russophobic concepts within the framework of the ideology of Sarmatism at the initial stages of its formation (XV-XVI centuries) in Polish culture.
The methodological basis of the research the theoretical and methodological foundations of the research were made up of general philosophical methods of analysis, synthesis, as well as methods of historical and cultural and philosophical and cultural analysis. The works of M. V. Leskinen, O. B. Nemensky, and N. P. Tanshina are methodologically significant for this study.
Results of the study. As a result of the study, it was revealed that in the process of forming the Polish national identity, Russia played a special role in the dichotomy of Friend and Foe, on which it is largely based. Geographical proximity, the complexity of historical relationships, as well as the religious factor are the main reasons for the importance of the image of Russia for Polish identity. The mental basis of Polish state and cultural policy is the ideology of Sarmatism, reflecting an archaic form of national identity. In the depths of this ideological system, the idea of ethnic superiority is emerging, formulated by J. Dlugosh in the XV century, which also has a religious aspect, reflected in the phenomenon of Sarmatization of Catholicism. In the depths of the ideology of Sarmatism, the beginnings of Russophobic discourse are being formed, in particular concepts such as the barbarization and orientalization of the image of Russia. It is precisely the images of barbaric and Asian Russia that become key in the whole of Western Russophobia in the future.
Research Perspectives. The relevance of the topic suggests the possibility of further consideration of the stated issues in line with modern aspects of the study, namely, identifying the transformation of these concepts of Russophobic discourse in subsequent periods of the development of the ideology of Sarmatism in the Polish cultural and historical tradition.
Keywords:
Russophobia, Sarmatism, Polish gentry, Polish national identity, identity, dichotomy of Friend and Foe, image of Russia
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Received: 23.01.2024
Accepted: 27.02.2024
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Monina, N. P. (2024). Formation of basic concepts of the ideology of Sarmatism in the context of Friend-Alien relations: the origins of Polish Russophobia. Humanities of the South of Russia, 13(1), 189-198. https://doi.org/10.18522/2227-8656.2024.1.13
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