Mikhail Fedotovich Ovsyannikov (; 21 November 191511 August 1987) was a

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philosopher and academic who concentrated on in-depth study of

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.Cf. Ovsyannikov, M.F. ''Гегель'' (''Hegel''). Moscow: Mysl, 1971. Ovsyannikov was head of the Philosophy Department at

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from 1968 to 1974.

Biography

Ovsyannikov was born 21 November 1915 in the settlement of Puzachi in the

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(presently in

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). He completed a degree at V.I. Lenin Moscow State Pedagogical University in 1939, subsequently earning a ''

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'' (primary-level doctoral degree) in 1943 for a dissertation titled "The Fate of Art in the Capitalist Milieu of Hegel and Balzac" («Судьба искусства в капиталистическом обществе у Гегеля и Бальзака»). In 1961 he earned the academic title ''

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'' (higher-level doctoral degree) for ''The Philosophy of Hegel'', coming to be exceptionally regarded as a specialist on the critical analysis of Hegel's works. From 1960, Ovsyannikov directed Marxist research in aesthetics at Moscow State; he chaired the philosophy department from 1960 to 1974, teaching the history of philosophy and courses on philosophical developments outside the Soviet Union. He was the general editor of Moscow State University's philosophy journal from 1969 to 1983.

Major works

* ''Философия Гегеля'' (1959) * ''Гегель'' (1971) * ''Проблемы художественного творчества'' (1975) * ''История эстетической мысли'' (1983)

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* (1969) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ovsyannikov, Mikhail 1915 births 1987 deaths People from Manturovsky District, Kursk Oblast People from Timsky Uyezd Soviet philosophers Soviet historians 20th-century Russian philosophers Russian historians of philosophy Marxist theorists Academic staff of Moscow State University Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples