Open AccessUniversal humanity or nationalism
Author(s) -
Miroslav Ivanović
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
theoria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-081X
pISSN - 0351-2274
DOI - 10.2298/theo0804073i
Subject(s) - humanity , nationalism , dilemma , politics , environmental ethics , epistemology , philosophy , sociology , political philosophy , political science , law
Dilemma between the universal humanity and nationalism was often discussed in the contemporary philosophy of politics. We will considered discussion about this problem between Soloviov and Danilevsky, two great Russian thinkers of the 19th century. The first defended idea of universal humanity and criticized Danilevsky because of nationalism. We will show that Danilevsky's arguments were stronger and that Soloviev's critics were not successful. The discussion was conducting on three levels: methodological, factual and normativ ones