Trzy wymiary totalności. Twórczość Lidii Ginzburg
Three Dimensions of Totality: The Work of Lydia Ginzburg

Summary/Abstract: This article concerns the multidimensional work of Lydia Ginzburg (1902–1990), a Russian literary and cultural theoretician and author of memoirs and diaries, who witnessed the most momentous events in the Soviet Union. The author of the article discusses the intersection of three dimensions of totality characterizing this remarkable thinker. The firstwas her biographical experience (the repressions, the siege of the city). The second concerns the institutions within which she worked (the totalitarian Soviet Union, censorship). The third was the nature of her thoughts andconcepts, which crossed the boundaries of various disciplines and formsof activity (her academic work aimed at completeness and precision; heremotional, reflective memoirs were open in form). “Totality” is understood in this article as the inseparability of theory and practice, of rationality and emotionality, of abstract ideas and private experience.

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