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Yelena A. Osipova
A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
"Thoughts on Universal History" by Aleksey Khomyakov in the spiritual and cultural context of the Serbian tradition
Osipova Ye.A. "Thoughts on Universal History" by Aleksey Khomyakov in the spiritual and cultural context of the Serbian tradition. Vestnik of Kostroma State University, 2020, vol. 26,  № 1, pp. 109–117 (In Russ.). DOI 10.34216/1998-0817-2020-26-1-109-117
DOI: 10.34216/1998-0817-2020-26-1-109-117
УДК: 821.161.1.09”19”
Publish date: 2021-02-15
Annotation: The article considers the work of the Russian Slavophil thinker Aleksey Khomyakov (1804-1860) "Semiramis, or Thoughts on Universal History". Despite the fact that in recent years there have been many works in the field of literary criticism devoted to this work of the philosopher, it still remains unraveled in full. However, much in the worldview and creative work of Aleksey Khomyakov and Slavophil philosophers are revealed in a new light as a result of the ideological and thematic correlation of "Semiramis" with the broad historical and spiritual and cultural context of the Serbian national tradition (on the example of the philosophical works of Bishop Nikolaj Velimirović, Archimandrite Justin (Popović), poet Jovan Dučić and other authors). What is the main subject of Aleksey Khomyakov's study in "Semiramis", is history and ways of development of the whole human race. The vector of basic reflections of the philosopher, who focused his attention on the fate of Europe and Slavics as its integral and essential constituent, can be seen against this background. The consonance and "intersection" of the thinker's reasoning with the Serbian cultural and literary tradition makes it possible to draw a conclusion about the unity of the Orthodox Slavic identity of Russians and Serbs - despite all the unique cultural and historical features of the nations. Realisation of this fact becomes possible due to the scale of themes stated by Aleksey Khomyakov in his work, as well as due to the organic connection of the author's deep historical knowledge and artistic vision.
Keywords: Slavophils, historiosophy, Aleksey Khomyakov, "Semiramis", Serbian national tradition, collegiality, Slavic world
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Author's info: Yelena A. Osipova, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. E-mail: osipovv@rambler.ru