The image of F. Nietzsche in the Vozrozhdeniye émigré newspaper

Abstract

This article considers the cultural background to the perception of F. Nietzsche’s philosophy in Russia and the philosopher’s influence on the consciousness of Russian emigration. The author stresses the value of periodicals as a source for historical and philosophical studies and addresses the heuristic aspects of publications in periodicals. A general methodological framework for using such sources is proposed. The author describes the features of Nietzsche’s image stressed by Russian émigré audience.

Keywords

• history of philosophy
• culture
• russian
• journalism
• periodicals
• vozrozhdeniye newspaper
• nietzsche