A Generalizing work on the history of Kabardino-Balkaria: conceptual framework

The purpose of the article is to draw the attention of professional historians of Kabardino-Balkaria to the provisions of the theory of historical knowledge, which seem methodologically significant for the construction of a general work on the history of the region, and to offer a sketch of the conceptual scheme of such a work as material for discussion. The general narrative is a "response" to the needs and demands of modern society, and the discussion of its concept should begin with the definition of these needs and demands. A complicating factor in the case of Kabardino-Balkaria is the complex ethno-confessional structure of society, the multiplicity of cultural and historical identities present in it, which can give rise to tension and conflicts. Overcoming the cognitive difficulties associated with this is possible if we do not focus on the past and present, but model the future in which the country and the region will be able to effectively respond to external and internal challenges. A historical narrative based on a subjectively desired future can be intersubjectively meaningful (i.e. scientific and objective) if it integrates the principle of mutual recognition and acknowledgement of differences in culture (identities) as a methodological rule. An authentic form of expressing continuity and discontinuities in the historical process is a narrative of the genetic type, showing how past patterns of activity are transformed in order to be included in modern conditions. The theoretical framework of this type of narrative is set by a combination of civilizational (sociocultural) and modernization approaches to interpreting the content of the historical process. The object of the generalizing history of the region is Kabardino-Balkaria as a spatio-temporal integrity, a historical region in which Kabardians, Balkars and other groups of the population carry out their life activities and organize mutual relations. The subject of the history of the region is the genesis of modern Kabardino-Balkaria – the formation, evolution and change of forms of social order on its territory, which were first the product of the historical creativity of its peoples, and then the regulatory and guiding influence of the Russian state.

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