Eurasian Studies Balkans, Anatolia, Iran, Caucasus and Central Asia Studies Notebooks

Series | Eurasian Studies
Edited book | Ukraine in Search of an Equilibrium
Chapter | L’eredità di Kostomarov e Ševčenko in Russia e Ucraina

L’eredità di Kostomarov e Ševčenko in Russia e Ucraina

Due percorsi divergenti

Abstract

The present article inquires a fundamental political theme, that is the value of teaching left in inheritance by two of the greatest Ukrainian authors of the nineteenth century, Kostomarov and Ševčenko. The thinking of the two intellectuals, linked to each other by a deep friendship, was based on a solid common ground. However, the vision of the aristocrat Kostomarov appears more inclined to slavophilism prone to democracy, while that of the ‘proletarian’ Ševčenko is more pugnacious and directed towards an open patriotism. Here we will try to understand why their thought was understood in so many different ways, and why their memory has given rise to profoundly different outcomes.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: Aug. 22, 2019 | Accepted: Oct. 18, 2019 | Published Dec. 16, 2019 | Language: it

Keywords MemoryHistorical heritageUkrainian patriotismSlavophfilismRussian Empire


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