Fundamentality or fundamentalism? About some aspects of higher education in Russia and terminology

The article is devoted to the problem of fundamentalism and crisis education system in Russia. authors demonstrate subjective perception either as a public institution general or specific historical circumstances. study aims establish refute existence fundamentalist tendencies contemporary Russian educational discourse, well identify validity using term “fundamentalism” with regard philosophy pedagogy. research methods included case studies, comparative textual analysis, historical-cultural methods. note that was coined science at end 19th century. It had completely different meaning, namely, literal interpretation religious text within framework particular tradition. analyze set situations associated first glance erroneous use scientific articles mean generalization fundamental academic nature education, substantiate attitude according which application this characteristic not all, but manifestation some features form fundamentalism, fundamentalism.