Abstract
<jats:p>This article presents reflections prompted by a reading of the collective monograph “The Creative Legacy of N.Y. Danilevsky: History and Modernity”. The historiographical basis of the work comprises texts by Russian researchers specializing in the subject area of contemporary humanitarian knowledge, centered on an interest in Russian culture and philosophy, particularly the philosophical legacy of N.Y. Danilevsky. Its methodological foundation consists of intellectual and narrative strategies situated within the fields of historiosophy, comparative civilizational studies, hermeneutics, and cultural studies. As a working hypothesis, the thesis is proposed regarding the heuristic fruitfulness and epistemological value of analyzing Danilevsky's “Russia and Europe” as a metatext – one of the great texts of Russian philosophy that has evolved from a text in culture to a text of culture. This approach allows us to view Russia and Europe not only as a text that accumulates traditional interpretative strategies (“old meanings”), but also as a text that generates modern readings (“new meanings”). This provides grounds for considering “Russia and Europe” not merely as one of the texts that constitute the canon of Russian philosophy, but as a text whose value resonates with the present day, thereby opening prospects for its further study and interpretation.</jats:p>