| Article |
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| Article name |
An Interdisciplinary Approach as a Methodological Basis for Studying the Discourse of Political Identity in Dissertation Research by Russian Scientists |
| Authors |
Matveeva E. . doctor of political sciences, associate professor, professor, mev.matveeva2020@yandex.ru |
| Bibliographic description |
Matveeva E. V. An interdisciplinary approach as a methodological basis for studying the discourse of political identity in dissertation research by Russian scientists // Transbaikal State University Journal. 2025. Vol. 31, no. 4. P. 95–104. DOI: 10.21209/2227-9245-2025-31-4-95-104 |
| Category |
Politology |
| DOI |
323 |
| DOI |
10.21209/2227-9245-2025-31-4-95-104 |
| Article type |
Original article |
| Annotation |
The relevance of this article is determined by the national priority of the Russian Federation, expressed by
the strategic objective of preserving and strengthening traditional values, with a special place given to the Russian
identity formation. The article demonstrates that identity politics implemented by the state and issues of of state political decisions is determined by the degree of support and approval from the population. The object
of this study is the discourse of political identity, reflected in the dissertations of Russian scholars. The subject
of the research is the analysis of semantic narratives in the form of discourses of political identity, presented in
dissertation research of Russian scientists, primarily in the specialty of political science. The aim of the article is
to identify individual semantic narratives in the form of discourses in the texts of dissertations from 2021–2025,
which influence the practical results of understanding issues of political identity at the regional (national) level.
To achieve this goal, the following objectives have been defined: to substantiate the author’s research methodology
associated with the use of an interdisciplinary approach as the main methodological basis in the study
of political phenomena; to conduct a review of scientific publications in recent years on the problem of political
identity and identify the main methodological solutions for understanding this phenomenon; to identify semantic
narratives in the texts of dissertations united by the topic of political identity. The article’s methodology is based
on the synthesis of theories of political discourse (E. Laclau, Ch. Mouffe) and the concept of an interdisciplinary
approach as a basis for constructing modern political reality. The author comes to the conclusion that the manifestations
of political identity (national, regional, local) considered in dissertation studies influence the stability
of the regional system of power and the state as a whole in the long-term period of development. Based on the
study of semantic narratives, it has been established that underestimation of manifestations of political identity
in modern politics is fraught with aggravation of national and ethnic contradictions in the regions. |
| Key words |
identity, political identity, identity politics, discourse analysis, political identity discourse, semantic
narratives, theories of political discourse by E. Laclau and Ch. Mouffe, interdisciplinarity theory, dissertation
research on political identity, political science |
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