Department of the Philosophical Problems of Politics

Head of the Department: PhD in Political Science Svetlana Ilinskaya

Main research directions

• Current issues of the formation and development of the Russian civilization

• Philosophical understanding of the essence of the stateand the ways of its evolution

• Analysis of the transformation of Russian statehoodin the 21st century

• Problems of Russian identity and challenges of globalization

• The theory of the multipolar worldand the problems of Eurasian integration

• Russia as a state-civilization and traditional spiritual and moral values of Russian society

The topic of the sector according to the research planand the state task for 2025-2027.

"Civilizational models: the Russian traditionin self-development and the global architecture of the future" (author - A.V. Smirnov, coord - N.A.Kasavina), FMUN-2025-0011. Registrationnumber:1024040100116-0-6.3.1.

Staff 

• Ilinskaya Svetlana, PhD in Political Science, Docent, Head of the Department
• Spiridonova Valeria, DSc in Philosophy, Main Research Fellow
• Burov Vladilen, DSc in Philosophy, Main Research Fellow
• Anatoly A. Gorelov, DSc in Philosophy
• Grachev Bogdan, PhD in Political Science, Research Fellow
• Sokolova Rimma, DSc in Philosophy, Leading Research Fellow
• Reznik Yuriy Mikhailovich, DSc in Philosophy, Main Research Fellow
• Ugrin Ivan, PhD in Political Science, Research Fellow
• Shevchenko Vladimir, DSc in Philosophy, Professor, Honoured Scholar of the Russian Federation, Chief Research Fellow

Major publications (collective research) 

• Gorelov A.A., Gorelova T.A., Khloponina O.O. Fundamentals of Russian Statehood and Culture: a textbook. Moscow: Publishing House of the Moscow University of the Humanities, 2024. 284p.
• Zhao Jianying. Chinese Marxism of the 21st century/ Translated from the Chinese by V.G. Burov and D.A.Smirnov. Under the general editorship of V.G.Burov. Moscow: Moscow University Press, 2024. 307p.
• Gorelov A.A. Family studies: a textbook/ A.A.Gorelov,T.A.Gorelova. Moscow: KNORUS, 2023. 158p.
• Gorelov A.A., Gorelova T.A., Khloponina O.O. Russian literatureas a source of lovefor the Motherland: a textbook for college students.Moscow: Publishing House of the Moscow University of the Humanities, 2023. 190p.
• «New modernity» and tradition in a multipolar world: philosophical-political analysis.: Moscow.2018. 117 PP. (with Vladimir Shevchenko, Valeria Spiridonova, Rimma Sokolova)
• Ugrin I. Russian statehood and imperial paradigm: philosophical analysis. Moscow, IPH RAS, 2017. 
• Modern problems of the Russian state. Philisophycal essays / Collective of authors. General editing by V.N.Shevchenko. M.: Progress-Traditsia, 2015
• Social-historical and ideologic foundation of the modern Russian state / Editor-in-chief V. Shevchenko. М.: IPH RAS, 2014
• Dynamics of interaction of the external and internal factors and the trend of the development of the Russian society. / Editor in chief - V.N.Shevchenko. M.: IPh RAS, 2013
• Shevchenko V., Sokolova R., Spiridonova V. The Russian State: a trial of the philosophical interpretation. М.: Progress-Traditsia, 2012.
• Political strategies of the Russian state as a philosophical problem / Editor-in-chief V. Shevchenko. М.: IPH RAS, 2011.
• The modern state, society, human: the Russian specificity / Editor-in-chief V. Shevchenko. М.: IPH RAS, 2010. (PDF)
• Bureaucracy in the modern world: theory and the reality of life / Editor-in-chief V. Shevchenko. М.: IPH RAS, 2008. (PDF)
• Resiliency of the Russian state as the philosophical and political problem / Editor-in-chief V. Shevchenko. М.: IPH RAS, 2006. (PDF)
• Destiny of the state in the epoch of globalization / Editor-in-chief V. Shevchenko. М.: IPH RAS. (PDF)
• Russia in the beginning of the XXI century: the new course / Editor-in-chief V. Semenov. М.: IPH RAS, 2005.  (PDF)
• The spiritual dimension of the modern politics / Editor-in-chief V. Shevchenko. М.: IPH RAS, 2003.  (PDF)
• Sokolova R., Spiridonova V. The state in the modern world. М.: IPH RAS, 2003. (PDF)
• Etatist models of modernization / Editor-in-chief V. Shevchenko. М.: IPH RAS, 2002. (PDF)

Regular scientific events 

Monthly theoretical and methodological seminar "Topical issues of Russian civilization"

Research projects, provided by grants:

Within the last years the department took part in several research projects, including the next ones:

• RHSF project “Resiliency of the Russian state as the philosophical and political problem”, 2005–2006;
• RHSF project “Bureaucracy in the modern world: theory and the reality of life”, 2007–2008;
• RHSF project “The new philosophy of the Russian state as the answer to the challenges and threats of the XXI century” №10-03-00594а, 2010–2011. 

Scientific and expert activity

Two employees of the sector are members of the Dissertation Council on 24.1.143.05 (political sciences): Shevchenko Vladimir Nikolaevich and Spiridonova Valeria Igorevna

Shevchenko Vladimir Nikolaevich is a member of the Expert Council of the Institute of Philosophy for the best book of the year.

International relationships

The department cooperates with several scientific organizations of China, including the Institute of Philosophy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Scientific and educational projects:

• https://vk.com/wall-135454514_24908 - lecture by S. G. Ilyinskaya for the Russian Society "Znanie" on the civilizational identity of Russia. https://vk.com/video-135454514_456241548 - lecture by S. G. Ilyinskaya for the Russian Society "Znanie" on the place of the Soviet Union in the political system of the post-war world.
• https://iphras.ru/ilinskaya_12_10_2023.htm - lecture by S.G. Ilyinskaya within the framework of the Science 0+ festival: "Russian identity: a conceptual field of research".
• https://podcast.ru/e/7CeQEHST0pO - conversation with Anatoly Gorelov: "The death of Stalin, the assassination of Kennedy, the Catastrophe, the Deep State, the role of Russia in the modern world."
• https://vm.ru/tv/1138170-preobrazhenskij-klub-rossijskie-tradicionnye-cennosti-kak-stoit-obraz-budushego?catId=intellektualnyj-klub-sretene - a conversation by I.M. Ugrin on the Vechernyaya Moskva TV channel on the topic "Russian traditional values: how to build an image of the future?" in the program "Preobrazhensky club".
• https://rutube.ru/video/cf5ea38e85211c57b2fa6bd707f44527 / - a conversation by I.M. Ugrin on the channel "Center for Educational Initiatives" on the topic "Left conservatism: a return to Soviet values?" The program includes a Conservative club.
• https://vm.ru/tv/1208410-preobrazhenskij-klub-iskusstvennyi-intellekt-riski-raschelovechivaniya?catId=aktualnoe-intervyu - a conversation by I.M. Ugrin on the Evening Moscow TV channel on the topic "Artificial intelligence: risks of dehumanization" in the program "Preobrazhensky Club".

Mentions in the media:

Participation in the "Philosophical Autumn - 2023"

The conference "Tradition and Modernity: the Axiology of Russian Civilization"

Contacts

Adress: Goncharnaya 12/1, Moscow, 109240, Russian Federation, off. 219

Tel.: (495)697-91-89. 

e-mail: nshmelova@mail.ru