If taken to extremes, Russian society’s response to its wrenching modernization could degenerate into a nationalist revolution led by xenophobes. A different and healthy conservative response is possible if the tattered remnants of old threads, torn apart in the course of postcommunist modernization, can reconnect and grow together in a new way.
俄罗斯社会对其痛苦的现代化的反应如果走极端的话，就可能会沦为一场惧外者领导的民族主义革命。如果在后共产主义现代化事业中被扯得粉碎的破桐之叶能够以一种新的方式合而为一并一起生长，那么就有可能出现另外一种不同但却有利的保守的反应。