Yulia S. Obidina

Place of work

Organization:
National Research Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
Position:
associate professor, professor
Degree:
doctor of philosophical sciences
ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1133-5733

Author's articles(1)

The Destiny of “Tradition” in the Modern World: A Comparative Analysis of the Concepts of E. Hobsbawm and S. Eisenstadt

29.06.2022

Annotation

the conflicting assessments of the nature and role of traditions in the modern world stem in part from differences in the use of the term; the specific phenomena that are the focus of each perspective differ in some important respects. This opens up the possibility that seemingly contradictory conclusions about the role of traditions in contemporary societies can be reconciled. The article discusses the role and influence of traditions for the analysis of the modern socio-cultural situation from the point of view of two approaches: the concept of invented tradition by Eric Hobsbawm and the con...
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