Siberian Federal University

Issue

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2022 15 (6)

Authors

Kazakova, Galina M.

Contact information

Kazakova, Galina M.: Pitirim Sorokin Syktyvkar State University, Syktyvkar, Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation; ; ORCID: 0000-0002-8998-9366

Keywords

regional identity; identity; discourse; ontological approach; constructive approach; multi-project approach; discourse of «social engineering»

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the changed paradigms in the study of regional identity in the context of global civilizational processes of the present: from ontological approaches to constructivist and anti-constructivist approaches, discourses of «social engineering», multiprojectivity and analysis of the region’s identity as a «quasi-corporation». Constructivist arguments in the study of regional identity are gradually becoming an intellectual mainstream in modern social theories. Within the framework of the constructivist approach, domestic researchers distinguish a number of variations, such as: political, cultural, instrumental, social constructivist. At the same time, in the newest explorations of regional identity, an anti-constructivist approach has emerged, proceeding from the fact that regional identity is still formed in the minds of citizens spontaneously, under the influence of the habitat and events of common history. The discursive approach to regional identity rejects static approaches to the consideration of identity and focuses on the interdependent nature of the region and regional identity; focuses on the cognitive picture of perception of reality, taking into account the construction of a certain group of actors and is the most appropriate tool for reflecting a dynamic and volatile reality. In more detail in the article new discourses are considered – «social engineering», multiprojectivity and quasi-corporativity in the study of regional identity. At the same time, the diversity of discourses, in the author’s opinion, generates not so much disagreements and dissonance of intersecting meanings as their complementarity

Pages

762–768

DOI

10.17516/1997-1370-0828

Paper at repository of SibFU

https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/144263

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