Intercivilizational dialogue: The possibilities of local civilisations

The article contains the basics of a scientific discussion held at the National Research Institute for the Development of Communications (NIIRC). In the course of the discussion, the issues of the methodology of civilizations studies , the complexity of the formation of the conceptual apparatus, different facets of the problems in civilizations dialogue, features and potential of local civilizations were discussed. Common approaches and differences in them, the issues of the ability of civilizations to a dialogue, subjectivity in the inter civilizational dialogue are revealed. It was proposed to use a rhythmic cascade approach, which can contribute to the development of the methodology of comparative analysis of civilizations, the increment of scientific knowledge in this field of scientific research. The participants drew attention to the constant factors determining the evolution of civilizations at the present time, to the possibilities of a constructive dialogue of civilizations. In the course of the discussion, the features of the Russian type of modernization, which developed under the conditions of a vast frontier in Asian Russia, cultural and historical tradition as a mechanism of interethnic dialogue in Russian- Ossetian relations, the community of social cultural codes between Russia and Ossetia are considered.