State-Legal Ideals and a Multipolar World

Building a multipolar world requires a state that claims to be a pole to offer a competitive model of social structure and world order that is recognized by both its own population and participants in international communication. This model should be based on and reflect the force that allows the state to claim the appropriate status, advantageously distinguishes the relevant «pole» from other participants in international communication and is able to provide the necessary balance to a complex system of international relations. Currently, this model is not articulated in the Russian Federation, although it is indicated by the political leadership of the country. The existing difficulties in its development are due to a number of reasons. One of them is the issue of cultural sovereignty; the other is the complex self-organizing nature of the system of social relations. The paper identifies a number of theoretical and legal issues that need to be addressed in the process of forming an appropriate model in modern Russia: the language of legal science, state and legal ideals, including the concept of justice, etc. It is also emphasized that the development of the model should be carried out by specialists in various fields of scientific knowledge using the methodology of post-nonclassical science, which makes it possible to consider the state-organized system of public relations and the international order as a complex self-developing open system.

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