Problem Consciousness and System Construction: New Progress in the Study of Russian Silver Age Philosophy in China

  • Zhou Laishun Heilongjiang University (Harbin, China)
Keywords: rationality, modernity, eschatology, utopia, Silver Age philosophy

Abstract

Silver Age philosophy influences not only Russia but also the whole world. Chinese scholars have been paying attention to Silver Age philosophy since the 1930s and have been researching Silver Age philosophy for about 100 years. Affirming the unique value of Silver Age philosophy, in recent studies, Chinese scholars have conducted in-depth research on problem consciousness, theoretical characteristics, system construction, critique of modernity and many other topics of Silver Age philosophy. The studies point out that the theoretical framework was based on Silver Age philosophy, although it ended in failure in the process of transition from theory to practice, but the emphasis on the unique meaning and spiritual value of human beings, the rethinking and reconstruction of the model of modernity still have important theoretical value and practical significance.

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Published
2025-04-24
How to Cite
Laishun, Zhou. 2025. “Problem Consciousness and System Construction: New Progress in the Study of Russian Silver Age Philosophy in China”. Patria 2 (2), 72-83. https://doi.org/10.17323/patria.2025.26794.
Section
Traditional Values in the History of Russian Thought