The left turn in G.P. Fedotov’s conservative thought
https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6401-2024-1-45-59
Abstract
The article is about an issue of combining two political vectors, conservative (right) and revolutionary (left) in the works of G.P. Fedotov. The research focus of the paper is on the philosophical anthropology of the Russian thinker. The author suggests considering the figure of the subject, which is the point from which the divergent political lines originate. G.P. Fedotov describes person in the interpretation of Christian anthropology, where the essential features are connection with the divine and rootedness in the historical. In such a system, the conservative position is associated with the protection of the individual from any encroachments by the “other”, whether it is the arbitrariness of the revolutionary crowd or the rigid organization of the pro-fascist states of Europe in the first half of the 20th century. The position of the revolutionary vector, traditionally associated with the left movement, is of a liberating nature, the source of which G.P. Fedotov also founds in the Christian anthropology. The category of alienation plays an important role in this case, both in the Hegelian interpretation (objectification of the world) and in the Marxist interpretation. Overcoming alienation by a historical subject in various variations is the conceptual point at which both the right and left political vectors converge.
About the Author
P. A. Domninskii
Saint Petersburg State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Pavel A. Domninskii, postgraduate student
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Domninskii P.A. The left turn in G.P. Fedotov’s conservative thought. RSUH/RGGU BULLETIN. Series Philosophy. Social Studies. Art Studies. 2024;(1):45-59. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6401-2024-1-45-59
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