Béla Hamvas’ System of Lies - Or Faces and Masks in the World of His Essays Cover Image

Hamvas Béla hazugságszisztémája – avagy arcok és álarcok az esszéinek világában
Béla Hamvas’ System of Lies - Or Faces and Masks in the World of His Essays

Author(s): Ildikó Veres
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület
Keywords: system of lies; authenticity; self-interview; mask; nobody; Harlequin; female principle

Summary/Abstract: My study interprets the elements of Béla Hamvas system of lies. At the same time, I look at the dilemmas of authenticity and dilemmas of literal meaning. First, I analyze the mask of the interviewer and the interviewee appearing in the self-interview. Second, I analyze the world of masks that appear in some of his essays: ‘nobody’ types, Harlequin shape, wine as a mask, the duality of the female principle, the characters of Sophia and Éva.

  • Issue Year: LXXXIV/2022
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 48-61
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Hungarian