Information about the author:
Adam K. Sawick
Adam K. Sawicki, DSc in Philosophy, Professor, University of the National Education Commission in Krakow, Podchorzych St., 2, 30-084 Krakow, Poland.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0651-2691
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Abstract:
The article is devoted to the topic of the internal conflict that the philosopher I.A. Ilyin experienced in exile. Having a negative attitude towards Bolshevism, he hoped for the triumph of conservative, nationally-oriented forces, which led him to an apology for Italian fascism, in which he saw a reaction against liberalism and communism. After Hitler came to power, the philosopher, who had a negative attitude towards the totalitarian and anti-Semitic slogans of the Third Reich, was forced to emigrate from Germany. During the Great Patriotic War, Ilyin took a patriotic position, emphasizing the popular character of the resistance to the fascist invaders, hoping that after the victory the Russian people would spiritually overcome the Bolshevik ideology. In the 1948 article “On Fascism,” the philosopher analyzed the historical reasons for its triumph in Europe and warned conservative forces against repeating the “fatal mistakes of the past.”
Keywords: I.A. Ilyin, fascism, Сommunism, war, intellectual drama, emigration.
