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Philosophy in Russia: History and Present State

Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Vladislav A. Lektorsky

Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

This paper sketches an historical outline of philosophy in Russia from the modern era to present time. It describes the main philosophical trends that characterized the ‘Silver Age’ in pre-revolutionary Russia (Cosmism, religious philosophy and early Marxist philosophy), and draws some lines of continuity both with Marxist and pre-Marxist philosophy. It studies the internal evolution and organization of Soviet official philosophical thought, and describes the main features the philosophical Renaissance that took place in the Soviet Union in the second half of the 20th century. It finally describes the main trends, authors and publication of philosophy in Russia today.

Diogenes, Vol. 56, No. 2-3, 3-23 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0392192109343635


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