Abstract

This paper focuses on the most recent period in the development of Russian thought. Proceeding from the cyclical patterns of Russian intellectual history, I propose to name it 'the third philosophical awakening.' I define the main tendency of this period as 'the struggle of thought against ideocracy.' I then suggest a classification of main trends in Russian thought of this period: Dialectical materialism in its evolution from late Stalinism to neo-communist mysticism; Neorationalism and Structuralism; Neo-Slavophilism, or the Philosophy of National Spirit; Personalism and Liberalism; Religious Philosophy and Mysticism, both Christian Orthodox and Non-Traditional; Culturology or the Philosophy of Culture; Conceptualism or the Philosophy of Postmodernity.