The Category of “Nation” and “People” in the Russian and the Czech Classical Slavophilism Cover Image

Kategorie „narodu” i „ludu” w klasycznym słowianofilstwie czeskim i rosyjskim
The Category of “Nation” and “People” in the Russian and the Czech Classical Slavophilism

Author(s): Adam Franciszek Kola
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Filozofów Krajów Słowiańskich

Summary/Abstract: This paper is devoted mainly to the description of the categories of "nation" and "people" which appear in the Czech and the Russian Slavophilism. First of all, the author considers the problem of the Classical Slavophilism. By this term the Slavophilism of the first part of the 19th century is meant. Consequently, the problem of the categories of "nation" and "people" are presented in a few contexts. In the Czech Slavophilism the idea of "nation" is closely connected with the problem of language. However, the Slavophils find the real, pure Czech language in a Czech village. In the Russian Slavophilism we can find an ambiguous term "narod" which means "nation" and sometimes "people". For the Russian Slavophils the narod is identified with the people, the peasantry.

  • Issue Year: 2005
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 131-153
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish