Trending Schools of Thought in Russia this month
The 100 most-viewed schools of thought this month on Wikipedia (Russia). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: 6-7.
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28,186
Total Views (this month)
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6-7
2025-2026 Internet meme
11,388
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Buddhism
Indian religion
791
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3
existentialism
philosophical and literary current
499
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4
stoicism
school of Hellenistic philosophy who held that the practice of virtue suffices to attain eudaimonia
474
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5
nihilism
philosophy of negation towards concepts, meaning, or life
456
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6
Sunni Islam
most populous Islamic denomination
430
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7
atheism
absence of belief in the existence of deities; the opposite of theism
421
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8
Holy Trinity
Christian conception of God as consisting of three persons (hypostases) — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit — sharing the same substa
418
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9
dialectic
method of argument for resolving disagreement
403
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10
Wahhabism
Sunni Islamic revivalist and fundamentalist movement
375
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11
deism
belief in God without revelation
369
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12
Marxism
economic and sociopolitical worldview
352
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13
Taoism
religious or philosophical tradition of Chinese origin
351
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14
eugenics
a set of pseudoscientific beliefs and practices aimed at improving the genetic quality of a human population
348
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15
anarchism
a philosophy, movement, and political ideology that holds that any government, like the state, is undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful
336
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16
Shia Islam
second-most populous Islamic denomination
329
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17
naturism
movement for social nudity
322
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18
2012 phenomenon
eschatological beliefs surrounding 21 December 2012
280
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19
Samsara
world or realm of existence related to rebirth concept in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Bön, and Sikhism
273
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20
globalization
process of international integration arising from world views, products, ideas, and other aspects of culture
258
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21
homophobia
negative attitudes, prejudice and discrimination towards homosexuality
239
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22
esotericism
wide range of loosely related ideas and movements associated with the occult or secrets
236
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23
The Five
circle of five prominent 19th-century Russian composers
232
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24
supply and demand
economic model of price determination in microeconomics
227
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25
Confucianism
Chinese ethical and philosophical system
226
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26
Trotskyism
variety of Marxism developed by Leon Trotsky
204
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27
meritocracy
political system in which capital is assigned on the basis of competence
198
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28
Nestorianism
Christological doctrine arguing that human and divine persons of Jesus Christ are separate
189
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29
accelerationism
political philosophy that the prevailing system of capitalism should be expanded in order to generate radical social change
186
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30
Constructivism
artistic and architectural philosophy
178
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31
humanism
philosophical school of thought
171
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32
Chinese astrology
Astrology based on Chinese astronomy
171
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33
Salafism
Sunni Islamic reformist movement
159
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34
hermeticism
philosophical and religious tradition based primarily upon writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus
159
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35
Lysenkoism
pseudoscientific biological theory in the U.S.S.R.
156
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36
Suprematism
early 20th-century art movement
156
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37
original sin
Christian belief in the state of sin in which humanity has existed since the fall of man
149
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38
filioque clause
word (“and the Son”) found in Latin—but not Greek—versions of the Nicene Creed: “Spiritum Sanctum […] qui ex Patre ⟨Filioque⟩ procedit” (Hol
147
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39
Theosophy
religion founded by Helena Blavatsky
147
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40
positivism
philosophy of science based on the view that information derived from scientific observation is the exclusive source of all authoritative kn
145
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41
egalitarianism
trend of thought that favors equality for all people
142
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42
New Age
spiritual or religious beliefs and practices that developed in Western nations during the 1970s
137
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43
empiricism
theory that states that knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience
135
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44
Falun Gong
religious movement originating in China
135
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45
Rechtsstaat
doctrine in European legal thinking, means "state based on justice and integrity"
134
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46
Frankfurt School
school of neo-Marxist interdisciplinary social theory
126
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47
pragmatism
philosophical tradition
125
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48
dialectical materialism
philosophy derived from the works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
123
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49
Epicureanism
philosophical movement developed by Epicurus
123
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50
anarcho-communism
political philosophy and school of thought
120
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51
Russian cosmism
philosophical and cultural movement that emerged in Russia in the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries
120
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52
Sect of Skhariya the Jew
15th-16th–century religious sect in Russia
120
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53
madhhab
school of thought within Islamic jurisprudence
118
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54
Lebensraum
German "living space" ideas of settler colonialism (1890s–1940s)
118
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55
elite theory
theory of the state
116
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views
56
utilitarianism
ethical theory which holds that the right action is the one that maximizes aggregate well-being
115
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57
Neoplatonism
strand of Platonic philosophy that emerged in the 3rd century AD
111
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58
divide and rule
strategy in politics and sociology for stabilizing anti-democratic, illegitimate rule over people
108
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59
Dutch disease
apparent causal relationship between the increase in the economic development of a specific sector and a decline in other sectors
105
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60
Keynesian economics
group of macroeconomic theories
105
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61
Noble Eightfold Path
one of the principal teachings of the Buddha
101
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62
Ibadi Islam
It is considered the third Islamic school of thought after the Sunni and Shia schools.
100
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63
materialism
form of philosophical monism which holds matter to be the fundamental substance in nature
99
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64
anthroposophy
esoteric philosophy founded by Rudolf Steiner postulating the existence of an objective spiritual world accessible to human experience
98
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65
Darwinism
theory of biological evolution driven by natural selection
98
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views
66
Monroe Doctrine
US foreign policy regarding Latin American countries in 1823
94
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views
67
antinatalism
philosophical position that assigns a negative value to procreation
94
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views
68
business cycle
fluctuation in the degree of utilization of the production potential of an economy
93
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views
69
analytic philosophy
20th-century tradition of Western philosophy
92
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views
70
mercantilism
early economic theory
91
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views
71
phenomenology
early 20th century philosophical movement that seeks to describe the universal features of consciousness without assumptions about the exter
89
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72
skepticism
questioning attitude or doubt toward knowledge claims that are seen as mere belief or dogma
88
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73
fatalism
philosophical doctrine emphasising the subjugation of all events or actions to fate
87
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74
Bogomilism
Christian neo-Gnostic sect founded in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century
86
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75
Kharijites
Early Islamic rebellious sect
85
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views
76
Cynicism
Ancient school of philosophy
84
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77
Litvinism
nationalist and political current in Belarus
83
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views
78
deconstruction
critical outlook concerned with the relationship between text and meaning
83
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79
Pythagoreanism
system of esoteric and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers
82
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80
rationalism
philosophical view that reason should be the chief source of knowledge
80
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81
Dormition of the Mother of God
Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches
79
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views
82
Counter-Reformation
Catholic political and religious response to the Protestant Reformation and earlier reformism
79
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83
apatheism
attitude of apathy towards claims of existence or nonexistence of god(s)
76
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84
Malthusianism
social theory regarding the natural relationship between population growth and food supply
75
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85
Legalism
one of the six classical schools of thought in Chinese philosophy
74
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86
obscurantism
Aiming to hide information or insight
73
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87
Aeon
emanation of God; class of beings in Gnosticism
72
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88
aerial toll house
concept in Eastern Orthodox Christianity
72
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89
Westernism
political ideology in 19th-century Russian Empire advocating the adoption of Western European technology and liberal government
72
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90
Traditionalist School
perennial philosophy
70
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views
91
Three Principles of the People
political philosophy developed by Sun Yat-sen
69
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views
92
Miaphysitism
Christological formula of the Oriental Orthodox Churches, saying that Jesus is fully divine and fully human, in one compound nature
68
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93
liberal conservatism
political ideology within conservatism
66
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views
94
Orphism
set of religious beliefs and practices originating in the ancient Greek and Hellenistic world
65
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95
Austrian school
school of economic thought that advocates strict adherence to methodological individualism rather than focusing on aggregate variables, equi
65
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views
96
Nizari Isma'ilism
branch of Isma'ili Shia Islam
65
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97
Great Tribulation
In Christian eschatology, a period mentioned in the Olivet Discourse as a sign that would occur in end times
64
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views
98
Annales school
group of historians
64
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views
99
White Rose
non-violent, intellectual resistance group in Nazi Germany, consisting of students from the University of Munich and their philosophy profes
64
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100
individualist anarchism
several traditions of thought within the anarchist movement
63
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