Ruska kultura in boljševizem v delih Franca Grivca ter njuna refleksija pri Slovencih
Russian Culture and Bolshevism in the Works of Franc Grivec and their Reception among Slovenes

Summary/Abstract: Franc Grivec (1878–1963), a long-time professor (1920–1963) at the Faculty of Theology in Ljubljana, is considered a pioneer in systematic research of Eastern Christianity and Slavic cultures among Slovene authors. A significant part of Grivec’s published work is dedicated to the reception of the “Russian theme”, including the intellectual and spiritual causes and consequences of the revolutionary upheaval in Russian society with its peak in the October Revolution of 1917, which presented a topical political and cultural issue of his time. This issue is most thoroughly addressed in the monograph for a wider audience “National Consciousness and Bolshevism” originally written by Grivec on the basis of his lectures to the primary school teachers and high-school professors of Ljubljana in 1944. According to Grivec, the extremism of the Bolsheviks represents a part of the wider mechanism of Russian cultural history, in which the concept of a messianic mission of Russia, starting with the idea of Moscow has the “Third Rome”, appeared several times. Grivec also emphasises that socialism is primarily a question about God and the transformation of the whole of human life, which can unfold also on Slovene soil. Based on this, Grivec calls on Catholic leaders and intellectuals to assert Christian principles in public and foster a relectiv national consciousness (as opposed to the internationalist socialism), in order to prevent the success of the revolution.

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