Episode from the history of the ideologeme “reaction”. The Silver аge

Abstract

The article analyzes the specifics of the functioning of the social ideologeme “reaction” in the Silver Age of Russian culture. When analyzing its genesis and specifics S. Vengerov, the historian and left-wing publicist, compared the Silver Age with the period that preceded it. That period is commonly called the “Pobedonostsev’s Reaction”. To determine its specifics, Vengerov proposed a classification for the types of social reaction in Russia, using the original conceptual tools.