Честността на хуманитаристиката в лицето на катастрофата
The Honesty of the Humanities in Face of a Catastrophe

Summary/Abstract: In 2011 Japanese society suffered a triple catastrophe, unprecedented in history: an earthquake, a tsunami, and a nuclear power accident. The etymology of the word "catastrophe" comes from the Greek word for "turn", and we may well say that the date March 11 indeed marked a great turn for Japanese society. Faced with this disaster, researchers in the natural and social sciences were able to provide concrete and effective help. But in such a situation, what kind of scientific contribution can be expected from the human sciences, which study man's spiritual activity? The critical situation is a time for a fundamental rethinking of the concept and reality of all boundaries, now laid bare - those between man and nature, man and civilization, man and history. The author proposes a reflection on the representations, concept and thought of catastrophe, a reflection carried out primarily through the prism of literary and philosophical texts.

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