Wechi

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wechi (Russian: Вехи , translated road sign ) was an anthology (published in 1909, 5 editions) with articles by some well-known Russian authors. The anthology described the change of attitude of several Russian thinkers who had developed during the revolution of 1905 from their earlier pro-revolutionary, Marxist stance to liberalism or conservatism. The authors of the collection were Nikolai Berdjajew , Sergej Bulgakow , AS Izgojew, MO Herschenson (Geršenzon), BA Kistjakowskij, SL Frank , Pjotr ​​Struwe . Four out of seven contributors were Neo-Kantians . These intellectuals rejected the violence of the revolution, anarchy and "ethical confusion", accused the radical parties and the Russian intelligentsia of dogmatism , nihilism, self-censorship and power cult. The contributors urged the Intelligencija to cultivate inner goodness and spiritual values.

The Wechi were heavily criticized both by the left (e.g. Lenin) and (in general) by intellectuals, and their attitude was sometimes even described as treason. The publication of the collection was later described as the greatest sensation in Russian intellectual life since Chaadayev's letter.

Alexander Solzhenitsyn saw the collection as a prophetic work, but it was ignored or rejected. (А.Солженицын, "Образованищина" in: "Из-под глыб" , М., 1974.)

swell

  • Aileen Kelly Self-Censorship and the Russian Intelligentsia, 1905-1914 In: Slavic Review Vol. 46, No. 2 (Summer, 1987), pp. 193-213
  • Aileen Kelly "Signposts Movement" In E. Craig (Ed.), Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://www.rep.routledge.com/article/E058
  • Gisela Oberländer "The Vechi Discussion 1909–1912", Cologne 1965
  • Christopher Read "Religion, revolution and the Russian Intelligentsia 1900-1912: the Vekhi debate and its intellectual background", London 1979.
  • Karl Schlögel "Beyond the Great October: The Laboratory of Modernity. Petersburg between 1909 - 1921." Berlin, 1988
  • Karl Schlögel (ed.) "Vechi - waymarks: to the crisis of the Russian intelligence", Frankfurt am Main 1990
  • Jutta Scherrer , "Personality versus Society: Were the Vechi right?" in: Christa Ebert (ed.), "Individuality Concepts in Russian Culture", Berlin, 2002. pp. 199–200.
  • Jutta Scherrer, "The Petersburg Religious-Philosophical Associations: The Development of the Religious Self-Image of Their Intelligencija Members (1901-1917)", Wiesbaden 1973.
  • AA and EA Tacho-Godi (eds.). "Sbornik Vechi v kontekste russkoj kul'tury", Moscow 2007

Web links