War as a katálysis of Ideas. The Philosophical Concept of Dmitry Merezhkovsky during the First World War
https://doi.org/10.26794/2226-7867-2022-12-1-11-15
Abstract
This article analyses the impact of the First World War on the evolution of the philosophical worldview and especially on the historiosophical idea of Dmitry Merezhkovsky’s theocratic anarchy. According to the author, the war is seen here as a katálysis, due to which the division, exposition, and radicalization of the constitutive elements of this concept takes place. Through the analysis of texts 1914–1917. Merezhkovsky’s attitude to such key concepts as war, revolution, intelligentsia, religion, violence, patriotism, nationalism, universalism, neo-Slavophiles, and the authors of the almanack “Milestones” is determined.
About the Author
D. Vanchyk
Jagiellonian University
Poland
Poland
Daniel Wańczyk - Master of Art (Philosophy), active freelance worker, PhD candidate at the Institute of Philosophy
Krakow
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Vanchyk D. War as a katálysis of Ideas. The Philosophical Concept of Dmitry Merezhkovsky during the First World War. Humanities and Social Sciences. Bulletin of the Financial University. 2022;12(1):11-15. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26794/2226-7867-2022-12-1-11-15
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