Russia facing Europe. Some philosophical-anthropology considerations following the dispute between Slavophiles and Westernizers

Abstract

This article aims to highlight the uniqueness of Russia on the narrative of Modernity, taking as focus the philosophical and intellectual tensions, which explode with greater force throughout the nineteenth century, between Westernizers and Slavophiles, between anthropological conservatives and progressives, establishing, in turn, a relationship with others well known reactionary thinkers in the field of Western philosophy, and exposing the anthropological and philosophical implications of such dispute.