Slavophiles: conservatives or liberals? (To the history of study)

Abstract

Тhе article is concerned with the analysis
of estimations and treatments of slavophilism, primarily
in the soviet historiography. Special attention is paid
to monistic and dualistic tendencies in studying slavophilism
within the framework of the class approach.
According to the first tendency slavophilism is regarded
either as purely conservative or liberal movement. According
to the second tendency both conservative and
liberal features of slavophilism are treated simultaneously.
The author suggests the dualistic treatment better
reflecting the internal discrepancy of slavophilism.