REVOLUTION SOCIOLOGY OF THE SMENOVEKHOVTSY 

Kosharnyy Valeriy Pavlovich, Doctor of philosophy, professor, sub-department of philosophy and social communications, Penza State University (40 Krasnaya street, Penza, Russia), dep-ph@pnzgu.ru

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10.21685/2072-3016-2016-4-15

Background. The sociological heritage of the Russian post-October abroad is an integral part of the Russian intellectual history. Of special interest here is the topic of the revolution and philosophical-sociological understanding of the revolutionary events in Russia. The subject of the article is the revolution sociology of the smenovekhovtsy – an ideological political movement occurred in the Russian emigrant community in early 1920s. The aim of the article is to reveal the main content and methodological approaches of the Russian thinkers to understanding the problem of the revolution.
Materials and methods. The research tasks were implemented through analyzing works by key representatives of the smenovekhovtsy: N. V. Ustryalov, Y. V. Klyuchnikov, S. S. Lukyanov, A. V. Bobrishchev-Pushkin, S. S. Chakhotin, Y. N. Potekhin, as well as by Russian scholars, devoted to the subject matter. The methodology included the comparative historical method allowing to reveal the content and originality of sociological views on the problem of the revolution.
Results. The article discloses theoretical sources of the revolution sociology and philosophy of the smenovekhovtsy, grasps ist content, displays the ambiguous nature of the smenovekhovtsy’s conception of the Russian revolution.
Conclusions. Based on the analysis of sociological and historical-philosophical sources, the author concludes that the given topical profile of the Russian sociological thought gives a distinctive view on the nature of the Russian revolution and paths of development of sociopolitical and economic processes in the country, shows a dimensional image of the crucial point of the Russian history.

smenovekhovtsy, Russia revolution, revolution sociology, providentialism, topographic nationalism, evolutionism, revolution’s nature, overcoming a revolution

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