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In Chapter 2 we saw how the nineteenth-century tradition of Russian religious philosophy dominated much of the philosophical publica-tions of the 1990s, finding its way even onto the pages of journals that defined themselves explicitly as intellectual vehicles that were in no way specifically Russian. As we turn our attention to the 2000s, we see that the presence of religious themes remained prevalent in philosophical discourse. However, it was no longer accepted by both sides of the religious/secular divide, as had been the case in the 1990s, when even the phenomenologically oriented journal Logos regularly published material from the history of Russian thought. Having lost its historical intrigue to those working outside religious thought, Russian religious philosophy was for the most part relegated to subdepartments of the History of Russian Philosophy — one of the most conservative and controversial arenas of contemporary Russian thought today.
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DeBlasio, A. (2014). Writing the History of Russian Philosophy. In: The End of Russian Philosophy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137409904_4
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