A.G. Ivanov THE IMPERIAL MYTH – A «META-LEVEL» OF POLITICAL MYTHOLOGY

The article deals with the specific characteristics of the imperial myth, which combines two levels of social mythology – «archaic» and «conjunctural», and differs from the simple political myth by the potential ability to produce additional meanings, giving new dimensions…

L.A. Sidorova TO THE QUESTION OF “SYMBOLIC STATUS” OF THE SCIENTIST IN THE COMMUNITY OF SOVIET HISTORIANS OF THE 1920–1930

The article discusses the heuristic potential of the concept of “symbolic status” of the scientist to study the community of Soviet historians in the 1920s – 1930s. The author analyzes the opinion expressed in the literature that after the year…