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Leonido Donskio vektorius: pasirinkimas tarp tėvynės ir sąžinės
The Vector of Leonidas Donskis: Option between Homeland and Conscience

Author(s): Žygimantas Menčenkovas
Subject(s): Philosophy, Polish Literature
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: Leonidas Donskis; Homeland; Conscience; Society; Alienation; Witold Gombrowicz; Czesław Miłosz;Writer;

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the situation of a writer who being a member of society is going through a drama in which he must choose between his homeland and his conscience. The article reviews the situation as envisaged by Leonidas Donskis and presents a model. The main focus is on the fourth form of a writer’s relationship with society, i.e., the necessity to choose. A writer feels alienated from society. A dysfunctional relationship is formed which gives rise to the structure of the concept of alienation. Finally, the discussion turns to a few examples of alienation from society and homeland in the biographies of Witold Gombrowicz and Czesław Miłosz.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 72
  • Page Range: 149-158
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Lithuanian
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