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Moral Lessons from Soviet History (Russian version)

Report on the round table in Caux about the origins of evil in Soviet Russia and the experience of confronting it

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After the collapse of the Soviet Union, attempts were made to make sense of Soviet history in terms of universal human morality, to understand the causes and essence of evil, and to outline ways of national repentance. To what extent the participants in the Koh meeting succeeded in this, the reader can judge.

Philip Boobbyer, 'The Moral Lessons of Soviet History: The Experience of Opposition to Evil', in V.A. Kruglikov (ed), Kongenial'nost' mysli: O filosofe Meraba Mamardashvili (Moscow: Izd. 'Progress' 'Kul'tura', 1994), 220-226.

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Russian

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Article year
1992
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Article language

Russian

Article type
Article year
1992
Publishing permission
Granted
Publishing permission refers to the rights of FANW to publish the full text of this article on this website.