The philosophical foundations of P. A. Florensky’s and I. A. Ilyin’s political and legal concepts are examined; in particular, the essential ideas on how the authoritarian governments are formed and how the élite is re-created. A comparative description of Florensky’s and Ilyin’s social and political views is made with regard to implementing of the project of Russia’s post-revolution state system. The characterization of authoritarianism as possible form of future Russian state’s political regime and the idea of Russia’s special way presented in Russian thinkers’ social and political concepts are analyzed.
Authoritarianism in the View of Russia’s State System: on the Description of P. A. Florensky’s and I. A. Ilyin’s Social and Political Views
Written by M. G. Galakhtin
Keywords: state; political power; Russian political state system; law; authoritarianism; monarchy; élite.
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