Война как предчувствие. Историософские прогнозы В.И. Ламанского

Диалог со временем. 2026. № 2. С. 151–166.

Malinov A. V.

The article examines V.I. Lamansky’s civilizational concept, in which he argued for the inevitability of a major (world) war in Europe. Lamansky’s reasoning was based on the belief in a fatal historical antagonism between two parts of Europe: The Romano-Germanic and the Greco-Slavic. The most detailed description of this world war is found in Lamansky’s final major work “The Three Worlds of the Asian-European Continent” (1892). The article traces the development of Lamansky’s views on the inevitability of war in Europe, starting from the mid-1860s. He believed that Russia must delay the outbreak of war by any means and enter it as late as possible. An attack by the Germanic states (Prussia and Austria-Hungary) on Russia would largely follow Napoleon’s invasion plan: pushing Russia’s borders eastward, creating a buffer state on its former western lands, and blocking Russian influence in the Balkans. Drawing on Slavophile thought, Lamansky considered that the state’s role was to ensure the peaceful development of the people, which is the primary cultural edifying force. The military confrontation of states should be replaced by the rivalry of civilizations for semantic dominance in the world, which is manifested in the spread of linguistic influence.

Keywords: война, цивилизация, Slavophilism, славянофильство, civilization, War, антагонизм, antagonism, Lamansky, Ламанский, Romano-Germanic world, греко-славянский мир, романо-германский мир, Greco-Slavic world

Publication based on the results of: Human in the Digital Environment: Inclusive and Adaptive Strategies of Culture, Biopolitics and Biosemiotics (2025)