THE ROLE OF AZERBAIJANI ENLIGHTENERS IN THE PRESERVATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

Abstract

This ar­tic­le exp­lo­res the ro­le of early twen­ti­eth-cen­tury phi­lo­sop­hi­cal stu­di­es in sha­ping mo­der­nist ide­as of na­tio­na­lism and uni­ver­sa­lism in Azer­bai­jan and the Cau­ca­sus. It analy­zes the synthe­sis of ma­te­ria­list tho­ught, tra­di­ti­ons, and in­no­va­ti­ons, as well as evol­ving no­ti­ons of po­wer, sta­te, and iden­tity. The phi­lo­sop­hi­cal he­ri­ta­ge of this pe­ri­od mar­ked a key en­ligh­ten­ment-de­moc­ra­tic sta­ge in Azer­bai­jan’s in­tel­lec­tu­al his­tory. The ar­tic­le aims to re­ve­al the im­pact of Euro­pe­an En­ligh­ten­ment ide­as on Azer­bai­ja­ni li­te­rary and theo­re­ti­cal tho­ught, com­pa­ring the­ir ori­gins, si­mi­la­ri­ti­es, and dis­tinc­ti­ons. Met­ho­do­lo­gi­cally, it app­li­es a comp­lex, com­pa­ra­ti­ve, and syste­ma­tic app­ro­ach. The re­se­arch no­velty li­es in of­fe­ring the first comp­re­hen­si­ve analy­sis of Euro­pe­an En­ligh­ten­ment inf­lu­en­ce on Azer­bai­ja­ni tho­ught, exa­mi­ning the synthe­sis of Eastern and Wes­tern ide­as and cla­rif­ying fea­tu­res of Azer­bai­ja­ni edu­ca­ti­on at the turn of the cen­tury.

 Key­words: en­ligh­te­ners, phi­lo­sop­hi­cal te­ac­hing, mo­der­nist ide­as, tra­di­ti­on, in­no­va­ti­on, mo­der­nity, so­cio-phi­lo­sop­hi­cal ide­as, the con­cept of per­so­na­lity