Sep 2026· Bulletin of Brusov State University· pp. 95· 0 citations
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The article explores the central theme of Anatole France’s masterpiece,
The Gods Are Athirst - revolutionary fanaticism and its destructive
consequences. The author reveals that the noble ideals of the French
Revolution (liberty, equality, and virtue) transform into their opposites through
an inexorable mechanical logic. Through the character of Evariste Gamelin, the
article analyzes the psychology of a “virtuous executioner” who, blinded by
abstract dogmas and neo-classical aesthetic “purity,” loses his humane face and
sense of reality. By contrasting Gamelin’s fanaticism with Brotteaux’s Epicurean
skepticism, the article concludes that any system, prioritizing abstract ideas
over human life, inevitably leads to totalitarianism.
This text is an introduction to Jarosław Ładosz’s “Socialism Today. Theses”. It outlines Ładosz’s philosophical views, showing how he creatively reconceptualized the pillars of Marxism-Leninism, and examines the relation between his pre- and post-1989 positions. It highlights the marginal yet persistent role of Ładosz...
This paper advances a Marxist approach to the idea of “human nature” - bound not to a fixed essence, but to sensuous human activity and social transformation - to expose the static materialism and nature essentialism of gender critical feminism. Moreover, it is shown that a longstanding intersectionality of racist, nat...
Abstract:Analyzing performances of the US Supreme Court staged in Washington, DC, this essay examines how institutional theatres produce an aesthetics of centrism. The structuration of mainstream regional theatres by fiscal, political, and institutional exigencies drives a centrist aesthetics that is related to but dis...
During the second half of the 19 century, in line with Europe, some Western Armenian intellectuals started to become acquainted with positivist and materialistic ideas. One of these intellectuals was Anton Madatya Karakashian, who, under the influence of the German materialist philosopher Büchner, quit his clerical sta...
The study examines aesthetic and thematic tensions between Lessing's Nathan the Wise (1779) and five contemporary theatre adaptations that renegotiate the concept of tolerance in light of current conflicts. Using the concept of the hate figure, it analyses communicatively generated enemy stereotypes as a common feature...
Abstract:This paper reassesses the emancipatory potential of Jewish salons in Romantic-era Berlin through the case of Henriette Herz. Challenging idealized accounts of these gatherings as spaces of female empowerment and civic inclusion, it argues that they also imposed significant burdens on their hostesses. First, it...
N. S. Madrid· Studies in Romanticism· 0 citations
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