Nikolay Chernyshevsky
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a Russian literary and social critic, journalist, novelist, democrat, and socialist philosopher, often identified as a utopian socialist and leading theoretician of Russian nihilism
Born
24 July 1828 Saratov, Saratov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died
29 October 1889 (aged 61) Saratov, Russian Empire
Nationality
Russian
adultbasic
Russia
era
1800+
Era
19th-century philosophy
Notable ideas
Rational egoism Humans as chemical compounds Materialist conception of aesthetics
Notable work
What Is to Be Done?
Region
Russian philosophy
School
Russian nihilism Utopian socialism Narodism