Solzhenitsyn and American Culture
Solzhenitsyn and American Culture For many Americans of both right and left political persuasions, the Russian bear is more of a bugbear. For those on the left, it is a harbor for reactionary values…
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Solzhenitsyn and American Culture
For many Americans of both right and left political persuasions, the Russian bear is more of a bugbear. For those on the left, it is a harbor for reactionary values and neo-imperial visions. On the right, the country is still mentally represented by Soviet domination.
This anthology reconsiders Solzhenitsyn's work from a variety of perspectives--his faith, his politics, and the influences and The reality, however, is that, despite Russia's political failures, its rich history of culture, religion, and philosophical reflection--even during the darkest days of the Gulag--have been a deposit of wisdom for American artists, religious thinkers, and political philosophers probing what it means to be human in America.Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn stands out as the key figure in this conversation, as both a Russian literary giant and an exile from Russia living in America for two decades.
Solzhenitsyn and American Culture