Эволюция взглядов С. Франка на культуру и религию в контексте полемики с С. Лурье

Вопросы философии. 2023. № 5. С. 142–150.

Begrambekov A.

The article discusses the controversy between Semyon Frank and the publicist
Semyon Lurye: the discussion between thinkers has become a rare example of

a constructive dialogue unfolded around the collection of articles about the Rus-
sian intelligentsia of the early 20th century “Vekhi”. Responding to Lurye’s Crit-
icism, Frank wrote an article “Culture and Religion”, Which in many ways better

represents Frank’s views of that time then the article “The Ethics and Nihilism”
from the collection “Vekhi”. The author analyses in detail the questions posed to
Frank by Lurye and shows that the answers he gave in subsequent years became
strikingly different from those contained in his earlier works. Moreover, in later
years, in the books “The Downfall of Idols” and “Reality and Man” his answers
to the questions posed by Lurye began to resemble the views of his opponent
rather than his own, set in 1908. This is especially well observed in the analyses

of Lurye’s response article “Ideas and Life”, Which Frank has already left with-
out a direct answer. An analysis of controversy between Frank and Lurye and

of the Frank’s views outlined in later works leads the author to the conclusion
that this distinct contradiction of views reveals the non-monolithic nature of
Franks philosophy as a whole and forces researchers to hierarchize Frank’s
legacy, which was non-linear and accompanied by corrections of his mistakes
from earlier works.

Keywords: культура, религия, culture, русская философия, гуманизм, humanism, religion, Russian philosophy, S. Frank, “Vekhi”, absolute values, S. Lurye, абсолютные ценности, C. Лурье, C. Франк, "Вехи"

Publication based on the results of: Russia in the General World Order as a Problem of Intellectual Dialogue Between Russia and Europe (2023)