Cultural and civilizational differences as a source of conflicts in the contemporary world
The author raises a number of the most important problems of our time, including problems of social instability, uncontrolled migration, modern forms of interstate contradictions, etc. The article offers an original view of their nature, which opens up new opportunities for overcoming these problems through an adequate cultural and civilizational policy, which in the context of globalization can and should be carried out by national States, including Russia. In this regard, we consider the cultural and civilizational foundations of social systems, analyze the conditions under which the difference in the cultural and civilizational development of different countries becomes a cause of social instability and a detonator of social upheavals. It is concluded that it is necessary to take a new look at new forms of confrontation in the global world, which are alternative to open military confrontations and preserve the possibility of resolving differences by peaceful means.