On the Issue of “White Spots” in the History of Russian Philosophy (on the Example of the Philosophical Creativity by K.N. Leontiev)

Abstract

This article analyses two critical phenomena in the history of Russian philosophical thought of the 19th century: Slavophilism and the concept of soil to identify the possibility or impossibility of their identification. Through contextual and historical-philosophical analysis as a method, the author demonstrates that the tradition of Slavophilism continued to exist in the second half of the 19th century. In conclusion, Russian philosophy has deep-seated internal patterns that manifest themselves throughout its development, organically going back to the peculiarities of the national spiritual and material culture, mentality, geographical and climatic conditions of existence