“Russia and Europe” by N.Y. Danilevsky in the Context of Interpretive and Discursive Practices: From the Text in Culture to the Text of Culture [Review of:] The Creative Legacy of N.Y. Danilevsky: History and Modernity / ed. by V.V. Sidorin. Moscow; St. P

Author: korolevaNV / Date: 22-03-2026 /
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“Russia and Europe” by N.Y. Danilevsky in the Context of Interpretive and Discursive Practices: From the Text in Culture to the Text of Culture [Review of:] The Creative Legacy of N.Y. Danilevsky: History and Modernity / ed. by V.V. Sidorin. Moscow; St. P
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Andrey Borisovich Bocharov
Abstract: 

This article presents reflections prompted by a reading of the collective monograph “The Creative Legacy of N.Y. Danilevsky: History and Modernity”. The historiographical basis of the work comprises texts by Russian researchers specializing in the subject area of contemporary humanitarian knowledge, centered on an interest in Russian culture and philosophy, particularly the philosophical legacy of N.Y. Danilevsky. Its methodological foundation consists of intellectual and narrative strategies situated within the fields of historiosophy, comparative civilizational studies, hermeneutics, and cultural studies. As a working hypothesis, the thesis is proposed regarding the heuristic fruitfulness and epistemological value of analyzing Danilevsky's “Russia and Europe” as a metatext – one of the great texts of Russian philosophy that has evolved from a text in culture to a text of culture. This approach allows us to view Russia and Europe not only as a text that accumulates traditional interpretative strategies (“old meanings”), but also as a text that generates modern readings (“new meanings”). This provides grounds for considering “Russia and Europe” not merely as one of the texts that constitute the canon of Russian philosophy, but as a text whose value resonates with the present day, thereby opening prospects for its further study and interpretation.

 

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2. Lermontov, M.Yu.  Stikhotvoreniya i poemy. Geroy nashego vremeni [Poems and Long Poems. A Hero of Our Time]. Moscow: Izdatel′stvo Yurayt, 2020. 265 p.

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4. Pushkin, A.S. Dva chuvstva divno blizki nam [Two feelings are wondrously close to us], in Pushkin, A.S. Sochineniya v 3 t., t. 1 [Works in 3 vols., vol. 1]. Moscow: Khudozhestvennaya literatura, 1985, p. 496.

5. Sidorin, V.V. (red.) Tvorcheskoe nasledie N.Ya. Danilevskogo: istoriya i sovremennost' [The Creative Heritage of N.Ya. Danilevsky: History and Modernity]. Moscow; Saint-Petersburg: Tsentr gumanitarnykh initsiativ, 2024. 216 p.

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6. Danilevskaya, O.N. «Lyubeznyy i dorogoy drug…»: pis'ma N.Ya. Danilevskogo I.P. Kyoleru [“Dear and dear friend...”: letters from N.Ya. Danilevsky to I.P. Köhler], in Filosofskiy polilog, 2024, no. 1–2, pp. 89–124. DOI: 10.31119/phlog.2024.1-2.223.

7. Malinov, A.V. Iz istorii peterburgskogo slavyanofil'stva: N.Ya. Danilevskiy i V.I. Lamanskiy [From the history of St. Petersburg Slavophilism: N.Ya. Danilevsky and V.I. Lamansky], in Filosofskiy polilog, 2024, no. 1–2, pp. 67–88. DOI: 10.31119/phlog.2024.1-2.222.

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9. Smirnov, A.V., Danilevskaya, O.N., Sidorin, V.V., Malinov, A.V., Fetisenko, O.L., Vorozhikhina, K.V., Berdnikova, A.Yu., Teslya, A.A., Bazhov, S.I., Еrmishina, K.B. K 200-letiyu N.Ya. Danilevskogo. Tvorcheskoe nasledie N.Ya. Danilevskogo: istoriya i sovremennost'. Materialy kruglogo stola [To the 200th anniversary of N.Ya. Danilevsky. Creative heritage of N.Ya. Danilevsky: history and modernity. Materials of the round table], in Filosofskiy polilog, 2022, no. 2, pp. 101–150. https://doi.org/10.31119/phlog.2022.2.181.

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Key words: 
civilization, culture, genesis, typology, historiosophy, cultural-historical type, historical hermeneutics, civilizational comparative studies, text, hypertext, metatext, intertextuality
2026. Issue 1 (89)
The DOI index: 
10.17588/2076-9210.2026.1.151-159
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