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A Study on the Influence of Mysticism on Russian Legal Thought from the End of the Nineteenth Century to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14510050
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field History of thought
Research InstitutionHokkaido University

Principal Investigator

SUGIURA Shuichi  Hokkaido Univ., The Institute of Language and Culture Studies, Professor, 言語文化部, 教授 (50196713)

Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2004
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2004)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000)
KeywordsRussian legal thought / Russian religious thought / Platonism / Vladimir Soloviev / Russian misticism / ロシア自由主義 / ロシア・プラトニズム / K.D.カヴェーリン / カヴェーリン / チェルヌィシェフスキー
Research Abstract

Religious thought of which religious mysticism in particular received growing attention within circles of Russian legal thought from the end of the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century. During this period of industrialization and massification of societies, Russia and Europe were undergoing a transition in which the traditional conception of the "individual" was being challenged and new concepts of the "individual" were being sought. As P.Novgorodtsev points out in The Crisis of Contemporary Legal Consciousness, traditional legal theory (will theory-based) whose idea of human rights was derived from the ideal of the free and rational individual will was no longer sufficient as the right theory for mass society. It was required by the legal thought of the time to transform the Russian state proper and to promote the creation of a framework which advocates individual rights as a collective idea. As a result, Russian legal thought turned its attention to religion. … More Consequently, a distinct union or fusion of Russian legal thought and religious thought emerged. This study identifies Vladimir Soloviev as a noteworthy individual illuminating the fusion of legal and religious thought in the exceptional Russian context, and analyzes his contributions towards forming new conceptions of the individual and the collective.
The peculiarity of Russian religious thought, as represented in Soloviev's writings is the intention to materialize the divine world on earth, which is a theory of transforming realities i.e. "the intention to spiritualize" human beings and material objects in the real world. Therefore, spiritualized humans and material objects, regardless of their rationality, possess an absolute right to exist, which transcends the traditional right-will theory. I investigated the structure of this argument in Vladimir Soloviev and Occultism and in other articles.
It has been observed in the process of this research that mysticism is closely associated with Platonism. The characteristics and function of the acceptance of Plato and Platonism in Russia are potential areas of further research. Less

Report

(4 results)
  • 2004 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • 2002 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2005 2004 Other

All Journal Article (4 results) Publications (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] ウラジーミル・ソロヴィヨフとオカルティズム2005

    • Author(s)
      杉浦秀一
    • Journal Title

      スラヴ研究 52

    • NAID

      120001492968

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report 2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Vladimir Soloviev and Occultism2005

    • Author(s)
      S.Sugiura
    • Journal Title

      Slavic Studies 52

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] カヴェーリンとロシア的福祉国家2004

    • Author(s)
      杉浦秀一
    • Journal Title

      ロシア思想史研究 1

      Pages: 81-93

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report 2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] D.Kaverin and Russian Welfare State2004

    • Author(s)
      S.Sugiura
    • Journal Title

      Studies of Russian Thought 1

      Pages: 81-93

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 杉浦秀一: "カヴェーリンとロシア的福祉国家"ロシア思想史の多面的包括的再構築(ロシア社会思想史研究会編). 1(未定). (2004)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 杉浦秀一 他: "チェルヌィシェフスキーとその時代"ロシア共和国・サラトフ大学出版所. (2003)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2002-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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