History of Philosophy in Ukraine (in 3 volumes). Vol. II Philosophical Thought in Ukraine during the Decline of Feudalism and the Predominance of Capitalist Relations. Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, 1987, 366 p.

The second volume of the collective monograph History of Philosophy in Ukraine examines the development of philosophical thought in Ukraine throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a period marked by the decline of the feudal order and the emergence of capitalist relations. The study focuses on the leading philosophical and sociopolitical currents of the era, their interaction with historical and social processes, and the struggle between idealism and materialism.

The authors analyze religious-idealist philosophy, Enlightenment thought of the first half of the nineteenth century, materialist ideas in philosophy and the natural sciences, as well as the philosophical and sociological views of the Decembrists and members of the Cyril and Methodius Brotherhood. Particular attention is paid to the worldview underlying the work of T. Shevchenko, O. Potebnia, M. Drahomanov, I. Franko, and Lesia Ukrainka, as well as to the philosophical and sociological conceptions of Ukrainian revolutionary democrats.

A substantial part of the work is devoted to the dissemination of Marxist philosophy in Ukraine. It traces the paths of its penetration, its reception in Ukrainian literature and public thought, the formation of an organized movement for Marxist ideology, and the activity of V. I. Lenin and his followers.

The publication presents the history of Ukrainian philosophical thought through the lens of Marxist-Leninist methodology, while at the same time recording a broad range of philosophical, sociological, ethical, aesthetic, and worldview-related problems in the intellectual history of Ukraine in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Contents

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1

Philosophical Thought in Ukraine during the Decline of Feudalism and the Formation of Capitalist Relations

1. Religious Idealistic Philosophy
2. Enlightenment Leaders of the First Half of the 19th Century
3. Materialistic Ideas in Philosophy and Natural Science
4. Philosophical and Sociological Views of the Decembrists
5. Cyril and Methodius Society
6. Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko

CHAPTER 2

Philosophical Thought in Ukraine during the Period of Capitalism

1. Philosophical Schools of Idealism
2. Philosophical and Sociological Views of Ukrainian Bourgeois Nationalists
3. Philosophical and Sociological Views of the Citizens. O. Potebnia and M. Drahomanov
4. The struggle of natural scientists for materialist theory and scientific method

CHAPTER 3

Philosophical and sociological views of Ukrainian revolutionary democrats of the late 19th - early 20th centuries

1. Materialism and dialectics
2. Sociological views
3. Aesthetics
4. Atheism
5. Ethical concept
6. Historical and philosophical views
7. Ivan Franko
8. Lesia Ukrainka

CHAPTER 4

The spread and propaganda of Marxist philosophy in Ukraine

1. General issues of covering the history of Marxist philosophy in Ukraine
2. The penetration of Marxist philosophy into Ukraine
3. The reflection of Marxism in non-Marxist literature
4. Marxism and Ukrainian revolutionary democracy of the late 19th - early 20th centuries
5. The first steps of the organized struggle for Marxist ideology in Ukraine
6. V. I. Lenin and his followers in Ukraine in the struggle for Marxist philosophy
7. Companions and students of V. I. Lenin in the struggle for socio-cultural progress in Ukraine

Conclusions