Bogdan Kistyakovski
Russian sociologist (1868–1920)
Bogdan (Fedor) Aleksandrovich Kistyakovski or Kistiakowsky (Russian: Богдан (Федoр) Александрович Кистяковский; 16 November 1869 – 16 April 1920) was a Ukrainian philosopher, jurist, and sociologist. He reached prominence with his Gesellschaft und Einzelwesen (Society and Individuals) published in Berlin in 1899. Philosophically he defended transcendental idealism. In 1902 he contributed to Problems of Idealism (Problemy Idealizma), edited by Pavel Novgorodtsev. In 1909 he contributed the essay "In Defense of Law" to the anthology Vekhi (Landmarks).
Biography
Early life
Bogdan Kistyakovski was born in Kiev, Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire (now Kyiv, Ukraine) on 16 November 1869. His father, Aleksander Kistyakovski, was a professor of criminal law at the St. Vladimir Imperial University of Kiev and the president of the Legal Society of Kiev.
Kistyakovski later remarked that he felt he had always struggled for his Ukrainian national identity and that he had been 'Russianized'.
Education
Between 1888 and 1892, Kistyakovski was expelled from the history and philology departments of the St.
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