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Methodological Approaches to the Problem of Formation of Civic Society in Russia // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2003. Issue 5 (37). P. 124-125

This article surveys contemporary Russian thoughts about probability of civic society evolution in Russia and presents two different ways of solving this prob¬lem. The first way presents «anti-cultural» theories thatsay - civic society have to be formed by western pat¬terns. The second way is based on «cultural» theo¬ries. It was divided by two concepts. The representa¬tives of the first way deny ability of civic society evolu¬tion in Russia, because civic society is based on wes¬tern traditions. Others try to combine different points and say - civic society have to be based on western countries' experience maintaining own historical-cul¬tural peculiarities