Civilization and the Empire as a Way of Imagination of Cultural and Political Community in V. L. Tsymbursky and V. K. Kantor’s Concepts

Abstract

This article analyzes “civilization” and “empire” as imagined political communities in the concepts of V. L. Tsymbursky and V. K. Kantor. Civilizational approach of V. L. Tsymbursky as well as an imperial model of V. K. Kantor are shown as important steps towards overcoming the model of ethnonational community. However, the article reveals controversial “duality” of these authors to combine both civilizational and a nation-state models of collective identity in relation to modern Russia