Schenina O.G. The concept of revolution in the new social reality. In: October revolution and modernity. Socio-political lessons: [monograph] ...

Abstract

The сhapter notes that the formation of a new social reality will lead to the need to change many scientific paradigms and theories or their revision. This is due to the fact that the conditions of the transforming world are changing the meanings of many classical and established concepts, categories, concepts. Therefore, it is not by chance that the research of specialists in the field of history, philosophy, sociology, political science and a number of other social Sciences focuses on the phenomenon of revolution, allowing a different look at society and the mechanisms of its functioning. It is noted that already today it is possible to talk about modifications of the revolutions in the twenty-first century, bearing in mind new technologies, changing forms of communication and communicative components. Increased attention to the problems of revolutions in general and the evaluation of the 1917 revolution in Russia in particular, indicates the presence of public demand for the study of theoretical and practical aspects of the epochal events of Russian history, as well as the scientific search for new approaches to their evaluation and interpretation. Despite the huge number of studies and publications, the concept of revolution is debatable in society, and in the scientific discourse on the issues under consideration, even among experts there is no consensus. The lessons of the revolution are important for assessing not only the current political situation, but also the future of the country.in fact, in the discourse about the revolution of 1917, an attempt is made to diagnose the socio-political state of modern Russia through an appeal to the past. In addition, the lessons of the past make it possible to prevent social conflicts in the present, and public dialogue on the most important events and problems of modern history of Russia can ensure the formation of conditions for choosing the optimal path of democratic development of the country.