N.A. Berdyaev on the results of the International congress of writers in defense of culture (Paris, 1935) and creative freedom.

PETROVA T.G.

Abstract

Just like the Russian literary emigration generally, Berdyaev expected at the International Congress of Writers a fundamental discussion on freedom, humanism and rights of individuals. However, the Congress did not meet the hopes of the intellectual elite of the Russian diaspora. According to Berdyaev, an era of the «deep crisis of freedom» has begun, while it is precisely the «spiritual understanding of freedom», which presupposes in a person an element independent of state and society, that «can save freedom».

Keywords

Congress of writers; defense of culture; Nikolai Berdyaev; creative freedom; Russian emigration; G.V. Adamovich; Alfred Bem; the threat of fascism; communism; French writers; A. Gide; A. Malraux; «prophetic freedom».

DOI: 10.31249/lit/2021.01.09

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