Theory and practice of liberalism in A.L. Volynsky’s works

Abstract

The article considers Akim Volynsky’s attitude to the problem of liberalism, which was an integral part of his ideology. The author concludes that being a liberal Volynsky had a critical view of the contemporary formal and pragmatic liberalism.The analysis of his works shows that in his attitude to the liberal doctrine he came close to the idealists of the 1890s and his philosophy may be defined as «idealistic liberalism».