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Nikolay Chernyshevsky

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Nikolay Chernyshevsky (1828 to 1889) was a Russian literary and social critic, journalist, novelist, democrat and socialist philosopher, often identified as a utopian socialist and a leading theoretician of Russian nihilism and the Narodniks. The son of a priest, he was born in Saratov, became an atheist at the local seminary and was inspired by Hegel, Ludwig Feuerbach, Charles Fourier, Vissarion Belinsky and Alexander Herzen. By 1850 he held revolutionary, democratic and materialist views. As chief editor of the journal Sovremennik he published his literary reviews and essays on philosophy, and his master's dissertation The Aesthetic Relation of Art to Reality helped develop materialist aesthetics in Russia. He was the dominant intellectual figure of the revolutionary democratic movement of the 1860s, spent much of his later life in Siberian exile, and was praised by Marx, Plekhanov and Lenin.

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Birth Year
1828 1
Death Year
1889 1
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Materialism, Schools of Philosophy
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Aesthetics, Branches of Philosophy
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Materialism, Schools of Philosophy
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Alexander Herzen, Philosophers
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Philosophers
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Ludwig Feuerbach, Philosophers
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was a Russian literary and social critic, journalist, novelist, democrat, and socialist philosopher

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    was a Russian literary and social critic, journalist, novelist, democrat, and socialist philosopher
  • Biography
    Chernyshevsky was born in Saratov in 1828
  • Lead, life dates
    24 July [O.S. 12 July] 1828-29 October [O.S. 17 October] 1889
  • Biography, family
    The son of a priest, Chernyshevsky was born in Saratov in 1828
  • In Branch: Aesthetics, Biography, dissertation
    which contributed for the development of materialist aesthetics in Russia
  • In Group: Marxist And Critical Theory Aesthetics, Biography, dissertation
    which contributed for the development of materialist aesthetics in Russia
  • Associated With: Materialism, Biography, materialist views
    Chernyshevsky developed revolutionary, democratic, and materialist views
  • In Tradition: Materialism, Biography, materialist views
    Chernyshevsky developed revolutionary, democratic, and materialist views
  • Influenced By: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Biography, influences
    He was inspired by the works of Hegel, Ludwig Feuerbach and Charles Fourier and particularly the works of Vissarion Belinsky and Alexander Herzen
  • Influenced By: Ludwig Feuerbach, Biography, influences
    He was inspired by the works of Hegel, Ludwig Feuerbach and Charles Fourier and particularly the works of Vissarion Belinsky and Alexander Herzen
  • Influenced By: Alexander Herzen, Biography, influences
    He was inspired by the works of Hegel, Ludwig Feuerbach and Charles Fourier and particularly the works of Vissarion Belinsky and Alexander Herzen
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