On “Conservative Balance” and “Traditional Values”

The article analyzes “traditional values” in the context of the main social and political processes within Western modernity. Following the end of the Cold War, radical left-liberal elites gained the upper hand in the West while Russia sought to take its traditional place as a liberal-conservative center in the system of international relations. The notion of ‘traditional values’ has become one of the components of a holistic worldview. The article offers methodological tools for studying the current crisis in terms of the unfolding new ideological confrontation.