Narodnost' ("national spirit") and communal traditionalism (in contrast to capitalism, private property and individualism) were seen as the only alternatives to the modern West. The Russian "Westernizers" were captivated by the idea of a "special path" as much as the "Slavophiles" and saw this path through the prism of uniquely refracted concepts of "Orthodoxy, autocracy and Narodnost'". The author considers the concept of the "special path' not only as a means of forming group identity, but also as a type of social search within the boundaries of the dominant paradigm. Russian intellectuals claiming Russian "uniqueness' today, as two centuries ago, are doing so, to a very considerable degree, as a result of western intellectualism." /> Discourse on a Russian "Sonderweg" - Cherepanova Rozaliya | sdvig press