The Only European. Why Philosopher Merab Mamardashvili Did Not Emigrate from the USSR
According to Mamardashvili, a human being is merely the potential to become a person. Preserving the person within the human requires constant effort. The same goes for Europe: to remain European, one must make an effort and cannot relax. A year after Mamardashvili’s passing, American philosopher Francis Fukuyama would declare the end of history, and Europe would relax. But history will return.
#internalemigration #Georgia #europe #intelligentsia #JosephBrodsky #endofstory #counterculture #MerabMamardashvili #aftertheUSSR #freedom #philosophy #FrancisFukuyama #essay