Soviet Historiography of Philosophy: Istoriko-Filosofskaja Nauka (Sovietica Book 57)

`Scientific history of philosophy' was one of the professional branches of Soviet philosophy, and a place where philosophical culture was preserved in an often hostile environment. Situated between the ideological exigencies of the Soviet system with its Marxist-Leninist `theoretical foundation' and the need for an objective account of philosophy's past, Soviet history of philosophy displays the characteristic features of Soviet philosophy as a whole, including a forceful reappearance of its Hegelian background. This book is the only Western monograph on this important part of Soviet philosophy, thus filling the last main gap in Western `Philosophical Sovietology'. At the same time, it offers the first survey of Soviet philosophy after the disappearance of the Soviet system itself, embarking on an historical and meta-philosophical investigation of Soviet philosophical culture. The book will be of interest to students of Soviet and Russian philosophy, historians of philosophy and specialists in Soviet studies. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Three Perspectives on IFN ....Pages 1-23 Soviet Philosophical Culture....Pages 25-57 The Development of IFN (1920s–1980s)....Pages 59-91 IFN: A Soviet Philosophical Discipline....Pages 93-114 The Practice of IFN ....Pages 115-140 Soviet Theory of the History of Philosophy....Pages 141-173 Coming to Terms With the Past ( IFN 1986 – 1989)....Pages 175-189 Conclusion....Pages 191-192 Back Matter....Pages 193-295