Russian Philosophy, Volume 2: The Nihilists; The Populists; Critics of Religion and Culture

Title: Russian Philosophy, Volume 2: The Nihilists; The Populists; Critics of Religion and Culture
Author: James M Edie
ISBN: 9780870497155
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 1976
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 334
Section: Philosophy | Criticism
Publisher Description: The second half of the nineteenth century in Russian philosophy sees it more or less definitive triumph of Westernizing currents over the Slavophiles. There is no doubt that both Nihilism and Populism as successive schools of Russian philosophy, are the authentic progeny of the senior Westernizers--though in the development of their philosophical doctrine they owe much less to German Romanticism than to British utilitarianism, French positivism, and the socialism of left-wing Hegelians. Toward the end of the century these philosopher come increasingly under the influence of the scientific socialism of Karl Marx.