On the Power of State and Freedom of Citizens: Neo-Slavophiles’ Political Projects

The article analyzes the concepts of the state structure developed by the representatives of neo-Slavophilism. The author stresses that in neo-Slavophiles' projects, it is possible to find proposals for the reorganization of the public administration both at the lowest and highest levels. She discusses the subjects' civil and political freedoms in late Slavophilic projects and the correlation of these freedoms with autocratic power and the State's goals. Moreover, the author underlines a significant gap in Slavophilism studies especially in how the logic of communication was built when discussing social problems. Such a gap can be explained by the lack of studies of neo-Slavophiles’ socio-political views. This article attempts to construct a theoretical systematization of the late Slavophilism's views; at the same time, it is part of extensive work that needs to be done in this field. 

Keywords: neo-Slavophilism; late Slavophilism; state; society; liberty; political life; republicanism