Psychoanalysis in Aesthetic-philosophical Concepts of Russian and Czech Symbolism

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Psychoanalytický přístup v esteticko- -filozofických koncepcích ruského a českého symbolizmu
Psychoanalysis in Aesthetic-philosophical Concepts of Russian and Czech Symbolism

Author(s): Jan Vorel
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski
Keywords: Russian Symbolism; Czech Symbolism; Psychoanalysis; Aesthetic-philosophical Concepts of Slavonic Symbolism; A. Belyj; O. Březina

Summary/Abstract: As the followers of modern psychology, also the “young symbolist generation” considered the problems of human consciousness. As a rule the art must originate from the same depths where the understanding of secret of all things is realized. Therefore, equally to S. Freud and C. G.. Jung, they were convinced about the existence of collective psychological crucial base, collective source, human spiritual being which leads to understanding of life as a complex and spiritual powers hidden there; these powers are needed for transformation and renewal of human and humankind as whole that remains unchanged and independent on the time and space; we can find discover and understand there “secret beginning of life” itself.

  • Issue Year: 18/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 49-59
  • Page Count: 10