Western European Philosophy as the Source of Shatov’s Theory of Russians as the God-Bearing People
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2019-2-41-54
Abstract
The article considers Jean Jacque Rousseau’s Social Contract as a source of Shatov’s idea of god-bearing people in Dostoevsky’s Demons. Rousseau’s treatise is juxtaposed with Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathanas manifesting the typical Enlightenment ideology that is in essence anti-Christian even though it professes outward respect for the Christian faith. The article considers the transformation of the idea of the divine right of kings in Hobbes where the people are endowed with the power to vest their sovereign with essentially divine authority. The article also considers Rousseau’s descriptions of gods as nations’ collective identities. Shatov’s theory is demonstrated to be a logical continuation of the ideas proposed in Rousseau’s Social Contract.
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T. V. Kovalevskaya
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Tatyana V. Kovalevskaya, Dr. of Sci. (Philosophy), Cand. of Sci. (Philology), PhD (Yale University), associate professor
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Kovalevskaya T.V. Western European Philosophy as the Source of Shatov’s Theory of Russians as the God-Bearing People. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2019;(2):41-54. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2019-2-41-54
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