FROM FENNOPHILIA TO FENNOMANIA: HENRIK GABRIEL PORTHAN AND DEVELOPMENT OF FINNISH NATIONAL THOUGHT Cover Image

ОТ ФЕННОФИЛЬСТВА К ФЕННОМАНИИ: ХЕНРИК ГАБРИЭЛЬ ПОРТАН И СТАНОВЛЕНИЕ НАЦИОНАЛЬНОЙ МЫСЛИ ФИНЛЯНДИИ
FROM FENNOPHILIA TO FENNOMANIA: HENRIK GABRIEL PORTHAN AND DEVELOPMENT OF FINNISH NATIONAL THOUGHT

Author(s): I. R. Takala
Subject(s): History
Published by: Петрозаводский государственный университет
Keywords: history of Finland; Enlightenment; national thought; Henrik Gabriel Porthan; Fennomans; University of Turku (Åbo Akademi)

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines peculiarities of the Finnish social and national thought in the second half of the XVIIIth century. Characteristic features of the Finish Enlightenment period are revealed. Special attention is paid to the philosophical heritage of Henrik Gabriel Porthan (1739–1804). His philosophical legacy had a signifi cant impact on the development of Finish umanities and establishment of the Finnish national movement in the XIXth century.