The emergence of Russian liberalism
Subtitle: Alexander Kunitsyn in context, 1783-1840
By: Julia Berest
Series: Palgrave studies in cultural and intellectual history; Palgrave studies in cultural and intellectual history
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780230111738
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Politics and government; Philosophers; History; Intellectual life; Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Modern; Political and social views; Natural law; Biography; Social History; Intellectuals; Law teachers; Liberalism; 19th Century; HISTORY
Description: "This study offers a fresh perspective on the history of Russian liberalism by looking at the life and work of Alexander Kunitsyn, a teacher and philosopher of natural law, whose academic and journalistic writings contributed to the dissemination of Western liberal thought among the Russian public. Placed into the broad intellectual and political context of its time, Kunitsyn's life illuminates the history of legal philosophy and early liberalism in Russia--the topics that remain little studied in Russian and Western scholarships. One of the chapters is devoted to the textual and historical analysis of the major works on legal philosophy published in early nineteenth century Russia, none of which has been examined before. A comparison with other thinkers highlights Kunitsyn's distinctly individualistic and liberal interpretation of the natural law theory. It also explains why the publication of his work triggered an official reaction against the teaching of natural law and philosophy in Russian universities"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Formative years; title: Years in the Tsarskoe Selo Lyceum; title: Kunitsyn in the Son of Fatherland; title: Kunitsyn and Nicholas Turgenev : the Society of the Year 1819; title: The natural law tradition in Russia; title: Kunitsyn on natural law; title: In the midst of conservative reaction; title: Epilogue.