IDEOLOGICAL VIEWS OF RUSSIAN PHILOSOPHERS OF THE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES ON THE INSTITUTION OF FAMILY AND MARRIAGE

Skopa V. A.

Russian philosophical thought has always paid special attention to family issues, viewing it as the foundation of the social and spiritual life of society. In the Russian philosophical tradition, the family is not simply a social institution, but a sacred space of education, love, and mutual responsibility. Prominent Russian philosophers viewed marriage as a sacred union based on deep spiritual intimacy. They emphasized that family is not a contract, but an internally consecrated unity of two souls called to shared spiritual development. The Russian Orthodox philosophical tradition interprets the family as a small church, where each person has unique spiritual value. Marriage is understood as a path to mutual salvation and personal development. Nikolai Berdyaev viewed the family as a microcosm of culture, a space for the transmission of spiritual and moral values between generations. He saw the family not only as a biological but, above all, as a cultural unit.

Keywords:Russian philosophy, institution of marriage and family, spirituality, Slavophiles, religious philosophy