Russian philosophy in Russia
The purpose of the article is to outline the «ideology» that will determine the thematic and axiological priorities of the journal. In the first section, «Russian Philosophy as a Problem,» various approaches to the phenomenon of Russian philosophy are noted. The second section, «How I Understand Philosophy,» sets out the author’s interpretations, substantiated in books and lectures. Philosophy is interpreted as a form of spiritual experience that has similarities and differences with religion, science, art and ideology, although it cannot be completely reduced to any of these cultural practices. The internal form of philosophical knowledge is a trinity of ontology, epistemology and axiology. Correlating the concepts of philosophy as a «subjective inclination» and a historically formed socio-cultural phenomenon is carried out. The communicative mission of philosophy in culture is emphasized. In the third section, «Original and Peculiar», the thesis is substantiated that human thought has generated only three authentically original philosophies - in China, India and Greece. Further influences are associated with the religions of Revelation, primarily Christianity. The integral principles of philosophy in India, China and Greece are indicated. The integral principle of Christian thinking is the spirit, which is revealed through the ideas of freedom, creativity and personality. Consciousness, self-consciousness and mind, which previously acted as independent integral principles, are considered as attributes of the spirit. The author admits the originality of patristics and scholasticism, and ultimately of modern European philosophy, although its originality is largely based on the denial of its own Christian origins. In the section «Originality of Russian Philosophy», the thesis is substantiated that it is specific, but not original. Domestic philosophy, mainly in its religious-idealistic version, is a creative reaction to the new European thought, in which, in a new context, Russia’s perception of the heritage of Byzantium was updated. The originality of Russian philosophy in epistemology, ontology, axiology, as well as in such subject areas as the philosophy of history and culture is considered. Marxism-Leninism and dialectical materialism are considered, and the cultural-creative merits of Soviet philosophy are noted. The final section «Actual Agenda» assesses globalization, its challenges and consequences not intended by the initiators, notes the need to revise the idea of Russia as a «meeting place for East and West», formulates theses about the Russian language and the language of philosophy, forming a brief description of the journal’s mission. The text is an internal dialogue both with the classics (N. Berdyaev, V. Zenkovsky, N. Lossky, G. Fedotov, G. Florovsky), and with modern researchers (A. Ermichev, I. Evlampiev, M. Maslin, Yu. Perov, S. Horuzhy).