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Features of Value Measurement of Russian Charity


(Rostov-on-Don)

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to identify based on the analysis of multi-temporal social practices (from antiquity to our days) dominating axiological foundations of charity in the Russian mentality and determining of the social and cultural conditions stimulating charitable activity.
Methods: The research is based on scientific methodology, which uses a system approach; structural-functional method is used for the identification of such phenomenon structure elements as subject, object, levels, forms, goals, values, motivation, tools; historicism principle is used for consideration of Genesis, periodization, and the specific of charitable activity stages in the Russian history.
Results: It is shown that the active forms of charity since its initiation to the present day have passed the stages of individual original development with the alternating types of subjects, objects, goals, means, value-semantic motivation. Thus, it is proved that at successive stages the traditional charity level in the Russian history is based on the values of patriotism and dignity. The value of patriotism in self – positioning as the ideological and semantic dominant of Rus­sian charity plays a role of demarcation of distinguishing factor for charity from pseudocharity. Charity through social partnership of business – state non-commercial sector can play the role of a control parameter in the self-organization of social and cultural space of modern Russia under the condition that a key component of value in this Union is patriotism.
Discussion: Charity through social partnership of business – state non-commercial sector can play the role of a control parameter in the self-organization of social and cultural space of modern Russia under the condition that a key component of value in this Union is patriotism.
charity, Russian history, value, patriotism

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