INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE IN THE DIGITAL SPACE AS A FACTOR OF SOCIO-POLITICAL STABILITY

Abstract

Intercultural dialogue is the key subject of State national policy in any country. Despite the effects introduced by globalization, blurring unique features and universalizing the value basis of modern life, communities formed on an ethnic, confessional or linguistic basis (cultural communities), for the most part still retain their own identity, strive to maintain their value-behavioral patterns, customs, traditions and foundations. Therefore, the development of principles and management mechanisms capable of ensuring the coexistence of different cultural communities remains relevant for political-administrative systems. This is an essential condition for socio-political stability. The article is aimed at exploring the potential of the digital space for the formation of intercultural dialogue in the digital space contributing to the provision and maintenance of socio-political stability. The paper illustrates promising tools and properties of the digital space for communication and interaction of cultural communities; reflects the prerequisites, outlines the basic contours of intercultural dialogue in the digital space and the possible consequences of its impact on socio-political stability. According to the main conclusion of the analysis, the digital space creates completely new opportunities for building an intercultural dialogue, which political-administrative systems cannot ignore, striving for socio-political stability.