Romantyczna konceptualizacja przeszłości w myśli rosyjskiej

Abstrakt

This paper discusses the Russian Romantics’ reflection on time and history within the metaphysical and existential context. The fear of transience, the desire to stop the changes determined the shape of historiosophy of Khomakov Aleksey, Vladimir Odoyevskyor Stepan Shevyriov. They made a sentimental journey into the world of the Middle Ages, feudal Europe, which was closer to the unchanging eternity, in contrast to the variable age of capitalism and progress. With these thoughts originated the concept of the historic mission of the young Russia, confronted with the old world of the West, already deprived of their development prospectives in the Christian spirit. Placedin pre-capitalist past — eternity Russia could give the West the knowledge of how to stopthe unbearable, anxiety arousing change.