Abstract

Two previous issues of this journal were devoted to Soviet philosophers' explorations, then still somewhat hesitant and apologetic, of the rich traditions of non-Marxist Russian philosophy. The continuing expansion of glasnost' since that time has contributed powerfully to this enterprise, until today the investigation of intellectual roots occupies a major part of Russian philosophers' attention and is carried on with fewer and fewer nods to the ghosts of Marxism-Leninism. Most of the items chosen for the present issue—all of which were written before the abortive coup of August 1991 and the subsequent banning of the Communist Party and its ideological activities—already reflect in full measure the freshness and independence of thought that are among the most prominent features of post-Soviet philosophy in Russia.