SLAVOPHILO-EURASIANIST INTERPRETATION OF LOCAL CIVILIZATIONS AS A MANIFESTATION OF RUSSIA 'S CRISIS IN THE MID -19TH - THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Abstract
Analysis of Russias crisis in the mid-
19th - the early 20th century is a central topic of
deliberations of the national philosophers of the
conservative branch. This topic was first taken up
by the early Slavophils and then developed by N.Ya.
Danilevskiy, K.N. Leontiyev and the Eurasianists.
They reasoned that Russia was in crisis because its
educated social classes were imitating Europeans
and had lost their national values the most important
of which they considered to be the Russian people,
the original Russian culture, the national Orthodox
spirituality, the communal mode of living, the Russian
autocracy. The analysis of the crisis was based on the
denunciation of the reforms implemented by Peter
the Great, the thoughtless Europeanization of Russia
and Europocentrism in the political practice and
theory. A particular topicality is also imparted to the
views of the thinkers mentioned in this article in the
light of the modern attempts to liberalize the Russian
national thinking. Therefore, the theory of local
civilizations and of culturohistorical types cannot
but attract the attention of the researcher. The views
of the early Slavophils, Danilevskiy, Leontiyev and
Eurasians are becoming more and more relevant
today.
19th - the early 20th century is a central topic of
deliberations of the national philosophers of the
conservative branch. This topic was first taken up
by the early Slavophils and then developed by N.Ya.
Danilevskiy, K.N. Leontiyev and the Eurasianists.
They reasoned that Russia was in crisis because its
educated social classes were imitating Europeans
and had lost their national values the most important
of which they considered to be the Russian people,
the original Russian culture, the national Orthodox
spirituality, the communal mode of living, the Russian
autocracy. The analysis of the crisis was based on the
denunciation of the reforms implemented by Peter
the Great, the thoughtless Europeanization of Russia
and Europocentrism in the political practice and
theory. A particular topicality is also imparted to the
views of the thinkers mentioned in this article in the
light of the modern attempts to liberalize the Russian
national thinking. Therefore, the theory of local
civilizations and of culturohistorical types cannot
but attract the attention of the researcher. The views
of the early Slavophils, Danilevskiy, Leontiyev and
Eurasians are becoming more and more relevant
today.
About the Authors
Ольга Шиманская
Нижегородский государственный лингвистический университет им.
Н.А.Добролюбова
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Сергей Пушкин
Нижегородский государственный педагогический университет
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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