"Vizantizm" as a project of the Russian national idea in philosophy of K.N. Leontiev

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the project of the national idea, formulated by the representative of Russian religious and philosophical thought K.N. Leontiev. The purpose of the study is to consider the philosophical concept of "vizantizm" by K.N. Leontiev as a theoretical project of the Russian national idea. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that the philosophical views of K.N. Leontiev on the problems of the nation, national identity and nationalism, historical parallels are drawn with the peculiarities of the formation of national identity in the Russian Empire in the second half of the 19th century, which made it possible to interpret his concept of the "national ideal" as a project of the Russian national idea. The originality of the philosopher's national concept lies in the fact that it is not just an abstract theoretical abstraction, but was based on an analysis of real Russian reality and aimed at resolving the crisis of imperial identity.