The ontological axiological categories of the Russian monkhood in the 14th – 15th centuries. Source study aspect
https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-6541-2020-2-58-72
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to determine the axiological categories, that existed in the mentality of the Russian monkhood of the 14th – 15th centuries.
The research is based on the philosophical reflection on values viewed as a means of environment comprehension; the study also rests on cultural studies and Dmitry S. Likhachiev’s conception of the world perception duality of a medieval man. The author of the article views that the used research approach allows to clarify the issue pertaining to the values of the Russian monkhood of the 14th – 15th centuries. In particular, the author attempts to revise the conventional opinion, accepted in modern historiography, which concerns the question about the basic axiological categories of the monkhood in medieval Rus’.
The analysis of a broad range of sources of the 14th – 15th centuries, referring to the Russian monastic tradition, revealed that such axiological categories as “obedience” and “disobedience” underlie the dichotomy of “the good and the evil”. These categories were respectively considered to be the fundamental virtue and the sin inside the world perception of a Russian medieval monk. The intermingling of various images found in the Russian hagiography and edifying literature explicate the two key meanings of monasticism, monastic asceticism, which are combined within the value of obedience - serving God and saving the soul, achieving eternal rest.
About the Author
I. O. Mishin
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ivan O. Mishin, degree seeking applicant, Russian State University for the Humanities; bld. 6, Miusskaya Sq., Moscow,, 125993; State Archives of the Russian Federation; bld. 17, Bolshaya Pirogovskaya St., Moscow, 119435; Higher School of Economics – National Research University; bld. 20, Myasnitskaya St., Moscow, 101000
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Mishin I.O. The ontological axiological categories of the Russian monkhood in the 14th – 15th centuries. Source study aspect. History and Archives. 2020;(2):58-72. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-6541-2020-2-58-72
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