Benevolence "Regardless of Sex, Rank, or Nature": Society and State in the Travelogues of Ivan Galagan

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dc.contributor.authorKhodakivskyi, Oleksandren_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-25T15:58:40Z
dc.date.available2025-02-25T15:58:40Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThis article explores Galagan’s social and political visions through a comparative analysis of his travelogues, set against three cultural contexts: the local Cossack officers’ milieu, the Russian imperial framework, and Enlightenment ideals. By comparing Galagan’s writings with the narratives of other Cossack officers such as Kozelskyi, Poletyka, and Vynskyi, this study reveals that Galagan’s social and political identities reflect a broader, shared collective identity shaped by Enlightenment ideals, which evolved into a distinct regional interpretation. Galagan aligns with core values such as love of humanity, justice, and common well-being. His notion of equality focuses on the benevolent treatment of members of society rather than on social status, and reason is seen as a means to achieve well-being rather than an end in itself. By the time of his travels these concepts were already internalized within his identity, reflecting a blend of regional and Enlightenment influences, which contrasted with Russian imperial discourse. Galagan’s case exemplifies the synthesis of regional identity with Enlightenment ideals, contributing to a humanistic and occasionally republican worldview. The study supportsthe argument that the Enlightenment provided a nurturing environment for the evolution of Cossack officers’ core values into republican or anti-absolutist ideas.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKhodakivskyi O. Benevolence "Regardless of Sex, Rank, or Nature": Society and State in the Travelogues of Ivan Galagan / Oleksandr Khodakivskyi // Kyiv-Mohyla Humanities Journal. - 2024. - No. 11: Kant Studies in Ukraine: History and Modernity (to Kant's 300th Anniversary). - Р. 131-159. - https://doi.org/10.18523/2313-4895.11.2024.131-159en_US
dc.identifier.issn2313-4895
dc.identifier.urihttps://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/handle/123456789/33711
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.18523/2313-4895.11.2024.131-159
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.sourceKyiv-Mohyla Humanities Journalen_US
dc.statusfirst publisheden_US
dc.subjectEnlightenmenten_US
dc.subjectUkrainian Enlightenmenten_US
dc.subjecttravel literatureen_US
dc.subjecttraveloguesen_US
dc.subjectegodocumentsen_US
dc.subjecthistory of emotionsen_US
dc.subjecteighteenth centuryen_US
dc.subjectUkraine in the Russian empireen_US
dc.subjectCossack officersen_US
dc.subjectarticle
dc.titleBenevolence "Regardless of Sex, Rank, or Nature": Society and State in the Travelogues of Ivan Galaganen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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