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PRIMORDIALISM AND CONSTRUCTIVISM IN ETHNOSOCIOLOGY AS REFLEXIVELY SYMMETRICAL COGNITIVE POSITIONS

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PII
S30346010S0132162525050139-1
DOI
10.7868/S3034601025050139
Publication type
Article
Status
Published
Authors
O.A. PERSIDSKAYA
  • Occupation: Research fellow
  • Affiliation: Institute of Philosophy and Law, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Volume/ Edition
Volume / Issue number 5
Pages
150-160
Abstract
The author addresses the discussion of the current state of Russian ethnosociology. This discussion has sharpened the confrontation between constructivist and primordialist cognitive positions and has drawn attention to the role of this confrontation in the development of ethnosociology and other disciplines dealing with the problems of ethnicity. Attempts to synthesize primordialism and constructivism are considered and their criticism is made. With this in mind, the author analyzes the ontological and epistemological foundations of primordialism and constructivism: but relies on the theoretically unloaded category of ethnic activity. This category is taken in the tradition of cultural-historical approach and its interpretation corresponds to the thought of Lev Vygotsky: The used theoretical and methodological technique of refocusing the research optics allowed us to reveal the dispositions of primordialism and constructivism in relation to each other in a new way. Based on Mikhail Rozov's principle of reflexive symmetry, it is shown that primordialism emphasizes external-social forms of relations and focuses on the ways of mediating the surrounding world through collective ethnic activity. Constructivism focuses on the issues of personal regulation of activity, which have to do with the mediation by a person's behavior in acts of activity and the expansion of mental arsenal by including the dimensions of ethnicity. It is concluded that primordialism and constructivism are not opposite to each other, but reflexively symmetrical. This means that they can be synthesized: The synthesis of primordialism and constructivism can be realized through building up their heuristic potential by approaches that can expand the empirical field of ethnosociology: Such approaches include those focused on the macro level of ethnic activity - world-system analysis and geopolitical theory. In conclusion, the author hopes arguments will indicate a possible horizon for expanding the theoretical and methodological foundations of ethnosociology and will smooth the opposition between primordialism and constructivism.
Keywords
этносоциология и этнические феномены этничность "этническая деятельность" примордиализм конструктивизм рефлексивная симметрия культурно-исторический подход
Date of publication
13.12.2025
Year of publication
2025
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