О природе русского либерализма

Abstract

In the article views of the Russian liberalism and their assessment in works of modern writers are analyzed. The provision that most interesting motives in views of the Russian liberals are to peculiar paraphrases of the ideas of the Russian religious philosophy of the conservative direction is proved. However, at the same time in liberalism the main idea of this philosophy consisting in understanding of society as the complete, hierarchically organized system having in the basis the spiritual beginning expressing the historical experience of the people understood as search of ways to a unification good luck is lost. On the other hand, intensions which have been intended to express actually liberal installations are substantially inconsistent and lost productive positions which contain in the western liberalism. It, first of all, concerns opposition of internal freedom to freedom external, understanding of culture as matter of spiritual elite and the teleologic concept of the state.