De-Sovietization as metanoia: rewriting the history of philosophy in Latvia

The study interprets the de-Sovietization of Latvian philosophy as a complex process of intellectual reorientation rather than a radical rupture. It examines public debates on the role of philosophers, philosophy textbooks, the transformation of philosophical terminology, and the expansion of translations of Western philosophical works. The article also analyzes the rewriting of the historiography of philosophy in Latvia. Together, these developments suggest that the philosophical landscape after 1991 was shaped by processes of reinterpretation, selective continuity, and institutional adaptation, demonstrating how elements of Soviet philosophical practice were simultaneously rejected, transformed, and partially preserved within the emerging intellectual culture.