Russofobia e nichilismo nazionale nel dibattito intellettuale russo di fine Novecento

Russophobia is one of the most interesting and complex manifestations in contemporary Russian literature. It is widely recognised that Russophobia is a western cultural conceptualization, with an attestation in written literature in the first half of the nineteenth century, when Astolphe de Custi...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sabbatini, Marco, Cornettone, Nadia
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari 2015-09-01
Series:Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie Occidentale
Subjects:
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.14277/2499-1562/AnnOc-49-15-17
_version_ 1797645875495829504
author Sabbatini, Marco
Cornettone, Nadia
author_facet Sabbatini, Marco
Cornettone, Nadia
author_sort Sabbatini, Marco
collection DOAJ
description Russophobia is one of the most interesting and complex manifestations in contemporary Russian literature. It is widely recognised that Russophobia is a western cultural conceptualization, with an attestation in written literature in the first half of the nineteenth century, when Astolphe de Custine composed La Russie en 1839 (1843) and Donoso Cortés published the Discurso sobre la dictatura (1849). We can presume that western Russophobia was exploited to contain and destabilize Russian Empire spheres of influence, and in the case of nineteenth century Russian literature, it was partially involved in the dispute between the Slavophiles and the Westernizers. In 1836, the first Philosophical letter of P. Chaadaev showed the existence of Russophobia among Russian thinkers, however the term ‘Russophobia’ was first coined by the poet and career diplomat F. Tyutchev in 1867. Avoiding the common western opinions about Russophobia and the traditional approach of the most important nineteenth century Russian schools of thought, the main aim of this work is to put in evidence the complexity of a controversial debate in the last three decades of the twentieth century, among such Russian writers as Sinyavsky, Solzhenitsyn, Pomerants, Shafarevich and Stratanovsky. In Rusofobiya (1983) Shafarevich borrows A. Cochin’s expression ‘Petit peuple’ in order to indicate a minority inside Russia, which actively contributes to its detriment. Amongst those who have criticised Shafarevich’s theory, A. Sinyavsky and S. Stratanovsky, with his essay Chto zhe takoe rusofobiya? (1990), have contributed to a deeper understanding of what Russophobia means in our contemporary world. 
first_indexed 2024-03-11T14:53:18Z
format Article
id doaj.art-db7ef1a794a2491d89ffa698a70a3468
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 2499-1562
language deu
last_indexed 2024-03-11T14:53:18Z
publishDate 2015-09-01
publisher Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
record_format Article
series Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie Occidentale
spelling doaj.art-db7ef1a794a2491d89ffa698a70a34682023-10-30T08:31:31ZdeuFondazione Università Ca’ FoscariAnnali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie Occidentale2499-15622015-09-0149110.14277/2499-1562/AnnOc-49-15-17journal_article_185Russofobia e nichilismo nazionale nel dibattito intellettuale russo di fine NovecentoSabbatini, Marco0Cornettone, Nadia1Università di Pisa, ItaliaUniversità degli Studi di Macerata, Italia Russophobia is one of the most interesting and complex manifestations in contemporary Russian literature. It is widely recognised that Russophobia is a western cultural conceptualization, with an attestation in written literature in the first half of the nineteenth century, when Astolphe de Custine composed La Russie en 1839 (1843) and Donoso Cortés published the Discurso sobre la dictatura (1849). We can presume that western Russophobia was exploited to contain and destabilize Russian Empire spheres of influence, and in the case of nineteenth century Russian literature, it was partially involved in the dispute between the Slavophiles and the Westernizers. In 1836, the first Philosophical letter of P. Chaadaev showed the existence of Russophobia among Russian thinkers, however the term ‘Russophobia’ was first coined by the poet and career diplomat F. Tyutchev in 1867. Avoiding the common western opinions about Russophobia and the traditional approach of the most important nineteenth century Russian schools of thought, the main aim of this work is to put in evidence the complexity of a controversial debate in the last three decades of the twentieth century, among such Russian writers as Sinyavsky, Solzhenitsyn, Pomerants, Shafarevich and Stratanovsky. In Rusofobiya (1983) Shafarevich borrows A. Cochin’s expression ‘Petit peuple’ in order to indicate a minority inside Russia, which actively contributes to its detriment. Amongst those who have criticised Shafarevich’s theory, A. Sinyavsky and S. Stratanovsky, with his essay Chto zhe takoe rusofobiya? (1990), have contributed to a deeper understanding of what Russophobia means in our contemporary world.  http://doi.org/10.14277/2499-1562/AnnOc-49-15-17Russophobia. Shafarevich. Sinyavsky. Stratanovsky
spellingShingle Sabbatini, Marco
Cornettone, Nadia
Russofobia e nichilismo nazionale nel dibattito intellettuale russo di fine Novecento
Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie Occidentale
Russophobia. Shafarevich. Sinyavsky. Stratanovsky
title Russofobia e nichilismo nazionale nel dibattito intellettuale russo di fine Novecento
title_full Russofobia e nichilismo nazionale nel dibattito intellettuale russo di fine Novecento
title_fullStr Russofobia e nichilismo nazionale nel dibattito intellettuale russo di fine Novecento
title_full_unstemmed Russofobia e nichilismo nazionale nel dibattito intellettuale russo di fine Novecento
title_short Russofobia e nichilismo nazionale nel dibattito intellettuale russo di fine Novecento
title_sort russofobia e nichilismo nazionale nel dibattito intellettuale russo di fine novecento
topic Russophobia. Shafarevich. Sinyavsky. Stratanovsky
url http://doi.org/10.14277/2499-1562/AnnOc-49-15-17
work_keys_str_mv AT sabbatinimarco russofobiaenichilismonazionaleneldibattitointellettualerussodifinenovecento
AT cornettonenadia russofobiaenichilismonazionaleneldibattitointellettualerussodifinenovecento