"Looking from the Future" as a methodology for forecasting Russian prospects
The article presents the methodological aspect of forecasting the prospects of Russian society. Analyzing the provisions of synergetic science, various concepts and results of economic and cultural research, as well as the positions (interpretations) of «Westerners», «Slavophiles» and «Eurasians», the author forms a methodological tool according to which development should be built on the basis of a «looking from the future» - the image of a society in which they wanted and could people who occupy a variety of ideological positions would like to live.