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Экзистенциальный трагизм мигрантов в нарративах Федора Степуна
The existential tragedy of migrants in the narratives of Fyodor Stepun

Author(s): Ivan Smirnov
Subject(s): History of ideas, Existentialism, Migration Studies
Published by: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Keywords: Fyodor Stepun; emigration; philosophy; existential crisis; nostalgia;

Summary/Abstract: Modern researchers, analyzing the paradigms of global migration processes, focus on the brilliant creative legacy of Fyodor Stepun, a representative of Russian cultural emigration, a religious philosopher, sociologist and publicist, who reflected in his narratives the migration experience of an entire generation. The reasons for the increased demand for Stepun's philosophical research lie in the philosophical analysis of the existential crisis of a migrating person, which is consonant with today's realities. Stepun's thought configurations from the disciplines accompanying philosophy - political science, anthropology, sociology and psychology - are reliably woven into his literary works, the concepts of which strengthen the platform of historiosophical beliefs. Within the framework of the article, the author brings to the forefront a philosophical analysis of the causes of the existential crisis of migrants, as well as meaningful factors in the predictability of migrants' behavior in the struggle to preserve their national identity in a foreign world.

  • Issue Year: 50/2025
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 121-132
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Russian
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