PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY IN SVETISLAV BASARA’S NOVEL "THE RISE AND FALL OD PARKINSON’S DISEASE" Cover Image

ФИЛОЗОФИЈА ИСТОРИЈЕ У РОМАНУ "УСПОН И ПАД ПАРКИНСОНОВЕ БОЛЕСТИ" СВЕТИСЛАВА БАСАРЕ
PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY IN SVETISLAV BASARA’S NOVEL "THE RISE AND FALL OD PARKINSON’S DISEASE"

Author(s): Strahinja Kostadinović
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Serbian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Универзитет у Крагујевцу
Keywords: philosophy of history;Svetislav Basara;theology;periodization of history;critique of history

Summary/Abstract: In this article, the author deals with the main elements of the philoso- phy of history as presented to us by Svetislav Basara in his novel The Rise and Fall of Parkinson’s Disease. In the first place, the close connection of Basara’s conception of history with the understanding of history given by Christian (primarily Orthodox) theology is pointed out. Then we talk about Basara’s critique of the ideologized periodization of history as an example of deviation from the proclaimed scientific impartiality. The last part of the paper explains how in this novel Basara sees the significance and meaning of history today, given the prevailing philosophy of history

  • Issue Year: XXIII/2022
  • Issue No: 79
  • Page Range: 173-180
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Serbian