Toward Perpetual Peace in Ukraine: Reception of I. Kant in the Literary and Philosophical Reflections of V. Vynnychenko and the Present
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https://doi.org/10.18523/2313-4895.11.2024.71-86Keywords:
Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Immanuel Kant, philosophical treatises, “perpetual peace”, collectocracy, “federation of states”Abstract
The article offers a comparative analysis of the peacemaking views of Immanuel Kant and Volodymyr Vynnychenko, who sought to find effective mechanisms for establishing “perpetual peace on earth”. The model of the Ukrainian writer’s collectivist society represents the Kantian concept of a “federation of free states” and an alternative for the modern world without war. Common points of contact between the philosophical treatises of Kant and Vynnychenko are found and the progressiveness of the “utopian” projects of thinkers that have already been implemented or are at the implementation stage for its improvement is shown. It is proved that the Kantian-Vynnychenko peace is a phenomenon that developed in a certain cultural and historical context, so it is quite legitimate to talk about the identity of German-Ukrainian ideas in terms of the continuity of the philosophical tradition and temporal connections. We hypothesize that both authors created an effective conceptual basis for achieving peaceful coexistence on Earth, which is neither rational nor logical to neglect in today’s realities.
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