Димитър Михалчев и Вълко Червенков – един неочакван диалог
Dimitar Michalchev and Valko Chervenkov – An Unexpected Dialog

Summary/Abstract: The article is dedicated to an unknown subject till now – the attempt undertaken in 1951 for a dialogue between the philosopher D. Michalchev (1880–1967) with the prime minister and leader of the communist party V. Chervenkov (1900–1980). It is presented the immediate context and the motives for the writing of “Criticism and Self-defense” by Michalchev, which is used as a reason for addressing the state and party leader. Michalchev’s philosophical and citizen’s gesture is linked with the current mainstream as well as with the personal history of the philosopher, which reflects the destiny of prominent Bulgarian intellectuals surviving the political changes of 1944. Unpublished archive documents have been presented in the article. An interpretation has been developed there of revealing the right causes and mechanisms of Michalchev’s ideological defeat in the early 1953.

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