V. S. SOLOVYOV’S ATTITUDE TO THE CULTURAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL ATTITUDES OF F. M. DOSTOEVSKY

Annotation

The article examines the attitude of V. S. Solovyov to the cultural- philosophical attitudes of F. M. Dostoevsky, which relate mainly to the topical issues of both the philosophy of culture in its general definitions, and, in particular, the religious- philosophical concept of culture. The ideological contribution of V. S. Solovyov to the comprehension of the philosophy of culture based on the traditional concepts of Christian doctrine is especially noted. In general, V. S. Solovyov is in solidarity with the cultural and philosophical views of F. M. Dostoevsky, as they were presented in the literary and artistic work of the latter. Both thinkers single out the following aspects of the Christian philosophy of culture. Culture, firstly, is a historically determined systemic integrity of values and evaluations, moreover, not only conditioned by the external world, the environment, but also unconditional, ideal; not only relative, determined by the time and place of their existence, but also absolute, once and for all. Culture, secondly, strives for harmonization, ordering, spiritual and moral improvement of life. Culture, thirdly, is dynamic, aimed at the highest levels of the value worlds, but under the onslaught of economic materialism and the loss of religious principles, it can fall into the lows of chaos and decline. Christian culture, fourthly, is incompatible with the world- renunciation in the Church and is called upon to fight against disorders and chaotic manifestations in worldly life. Finally, fifthly, it is universal in its movement towards the highest, perfect and ideal, but at the same time it is historical, diverse, original in its concrete forms and can in no way be forcibly brought under the ideological templates of deadening uniformity.

Keywords

V. S. Solovyov, F. M. Dostoevsky, culture, Christian philosophy of culture, Christian values, unconditional and conditional, absolute and relative, spiritual, worldly, faithful, scientific and rationalistic

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