SOVIET PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERGROUND: PRACTICES OF SURVIVING

It is commonly recognized that after the departure of the infamous "philosophers' steamer" in 1922, Russia inexorably declined into an epoch of "philosophical silence" due to the dictatorship of the Marxist-Leninist ideology, which forbade any kind of a diverging worldview....

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Main Author: Natalia I. Kuznetsova
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Language:English
Published: Moscow Polytechnic University 2016-12-01
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Online Access:https://vovr.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/434
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description It is commonly recognized that after the departure of the infamous "philosophers' steamer" in 1922, Russia inexorably declined into an epoch of "philosophical silence" due to the dictatorship of the Marxist-Leninist ideology, which forbade any kind of a diverging worldview. It is assumed that no original or significant ideas could have been expressed within that period of history. The author disputes the general thesis that there was no philosophy within the Soviet Russia. In 1960-1970s there appeared philosophical circles, informal leaders, the original research programmes and theoretical conceptions, and the most important - the genuine schools of philosophical thinking. The geography of the well-known "home seminars" is rather diverse: Moscow, Rostov-on-Don, Novosibirsk, Minsk. These groups and unions were not institutionalized, and their members had no social privileges. It can be said that there appeared an original sociocultural phenomenon - soviet philosophical "underground". The paper analyzes the motives and behavioral patterns of the youth involved in such activity in such format. Special attention is paid to the activities of the Moscow Methodological Circle created by Georgy Shchedrovitsky. Shchedrovitsky's seminars were aimed at reflection the means of thinking and embodied the idea that thinking is a collective effect.
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spelling doaj-art-f35de4353fd54884897d483c656126f92025-02-01T13:14:12ZengMoscow Polytechnic UniversityВысшее образование в России0869-36172072-04592016-12-01058091433SOVIET PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERGROUND: PRACTICES OF SURVIVINGNatalia I. Kuznetsova0Russian State University for the HumanitiesIt is commonly recognized that after the departure of the infamous "philosophers' steamer" in 1922, Russia inexorably declined into an epoch of "philosophical silence" due to the dictatorship of the Marxist-Leninist ideology, which forbade any kind of a diverging worldview. It is assumed that no original or significant ideas could have been expressed within that period of history. The author disputes the general thesis that there was no philosophy within the Soviet Russia. In 1960-1970s there appeared philosophical circles, informal leaders, the original research programmes and theoretical conceptions, and the most important - the genuine schools of philosophical thinking. The geography of the well-known "home seminars" is rather diverse: Moscow, Rostov-on-Don, Novosibirsk, Minsk. These groups and unions were not institutionalized, and their members had no social privileges. It can be said that there appeared an original sociocultural phenomenon - soviet philosophical "underground". The paper analyzes the motives and behavioral patterns of the youth involved in such activity in such format. Special attention is paid to the activities of the Moscow Methodological Circle created by Georgy Shchedrovitsky. Shchedrovitsky's seminars were aimed at reflection the means of thinking and embodied the idea that thinking is a collective effect.https://vovr.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/434русская философиямарксистско-ленинская философиянеформальные философские объединениясоветский философский андеграундповеденческие стереотипымосковский методологический кружокrussian philosophymarxist-leninist ideologyinformal philosophical unionssoviet philosophical "underground"behavioral patternsmoscow methodological circleshchedrovitsky's seminar
spellingShingle Natalia I. Kuznetsova
SOVIET PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERGROUND: PRACTICES OF SURVIVING
Высшее образование в России
русская философия
марксистско-ленинская философия
неформальные философские объединения
советский философский андеграунд
поведенческие стереотипы
московский методологический кружок
russian philosophy
marxist-leninist ideology
informal philosophical unions
soviet philosophical "underground"
behavioral patterns
moscow methodological circle
shchedrovitsky's seminar
title SOVIET PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERGROUND: PRACTICES OF SURVIVING
title_full SOVIET PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERGROUND: PRACTICES OF SURVIVING
title_fullStr SOVIET PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERGROUND: PRACTICES OF SURVIVING
title_full_unstemmed SOVIET PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERGROUND: PRACTICES OF SURVIVING
title_short SOVIET PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERGROUND: PRACTICES OF SURVIVING
title_sort soviet philosophical underground practices of surviving
topic русская философия
марксистско-ленинская философия
неформальные философские объединения
советский философский андеграунд
поведенческие стереотипы
московский методологический кружок
russian philosophy
marxist-leninist ideology
informal philosophical unions
soviet philosophical "underground"
behavioral patterns
moscow methodological circle
shchedrovitsky's seminar
url https://vovr.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/434
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