Published: 2020-09-06

SEVERAL REMARKS ON ALEXANDER HERZEN’S VIEW ON CHRISTIANITY IN HIS YOUNG DAYS

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Abstract

The article is an attempt to present Alexander Herzen’s youthful mystical experiences on the basis of My past and thoughts and letters to his fiancée, Natalya Zakharina. Religiousness was the element of the writer’s upbringing which was treated superficially in his childhood. In his youth Herzen went through a stage of mysticism. This state of mind was caused by his feelings towards his fiancée and his friendship with Alexander Witberg, an architect. The mystical period, however, did not last long. As a mature person the writer had a skeptical, critical approach to Christianity.

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Kościołek, A. (2020). SEVERAL REMARKS ON ALEXANDER HERZEN’S VIEW ON CHRISTIANITY IN HIS YOUNG DAYS. Przegląd Rusycystyczny [Russian Studies Review], 172(4). https://doi.org/10.31261/pr.8984

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Vol. 172 No. 4 (2020)
Published: 2020-10-05


ISSN: 0137-298X
Ikona DOI 10.31261/pr

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Polskie Towarzystwo Rusycystyczne oraz Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego

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