В ДИАЛОГЕ С ЕВРОПОЙ: ФИЛОСОФИЯ РУССКОЙ КУЛЬТУРЫ П. А. ВЯЗЕМСКОГО

Философические письма: русско-европейский диалог. Россия. 2018. № 1. С. 130–149.

Zhukova O.

Readings  on  P.  A.  Vyazemsky  are  a  long  tradition  in  Russian  studies  in  philosophy  and literature. Prince Vyazemsky is well-known both as a poet and a literary critic of Pushkin’s “gold era”. The article presents the idea that Vyazemsky’s intellectual biography shows a difficult way the formation of Russian culture’s semantic space in the context of dialogue  between  Europe  and  Russia.  The  author  reveals  that  Vyazemsky  translates  the  idea  of  European  Enlightenment  towards  Russian  intellectual  history  and  culture.  The  author provides the idea that Vyazemsky undertakes himself the mission of cultural education in Russia. The essay also analyzes the aesthetic ideals of Russian classics in critical works of Vyazemsky. According to the author of the article, poet’s idea about the necessity of creating national literature is the conceptual basis Vyazemsky’s philosophy of culture.

Keywords: литературная критика, philosophy of culture, философия культуры, literary criticism, русская классика, национальная литература, Russian Enlightenment, national literature, Russian classics, русское Просвещение

Publication based on the results of: ­­­Study of intellectual dialogue between Russia and Europe (2018)