Abstract
The article is devoted to the study of the historiosophic concept of the phenomena of Russia and Russian culture in the “late” works of O. Spengler. The author shows the heuristic character of the concept of the “Dual Image of Russia”: in spite of the presence of obvious myths in it, not conforming with the empiric reality, it includes powerful historiosophic insight at the level of the historic phenomena eidos understanding. Spengler’s main idea is that in Russia the symbolic Dostoevsky (traditionalist) will win the victory over symbolic Tolstoy (nihilist and sectarian). The author of the article disputes Spengler’s thesis that Russia is supposedly the “pseudomorphosis” of the West. The author substantiates the thesis that the West represents the great pseudomorphosis of Christian civilization, and Russia is the authentic civilization broken-down by the external force, the same way as Byzantine Empire.
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