IVAN MIRCHUK’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE HISTORY OF UKRAINIAN PHILOSOPHY
Keywords:
Ivan Mirchuk, history of Ukrainian philosophy, Ukrainian culture, reviews, scientific reportsAbstract
The figure of Ivan Mirchuk (1891–1961) still remains something phenomenal, but still underestimated in the intellectual life of the Ukrainian diaspora of the 1920s–1960s. A philosopher, cultural theorist, talented organizer of science, and an excellent teacher, he simultaneously left a noticeable mark on the complex processes of forming and constituting the history of Ukrainian philosophy as a distinctive area of Ukrainian culture. His studies on specific issues in the history of national thought significantly enriched our knowledge about the spread of Wolffism in Ukraine, about the reception of German philosophy in Ukrainian intellectual tradition, about the specifics of Slavic philosophy, about the originality of the philosophical thought of H. Skovoroda, and about the worldview of Lesia Ukrainka. But the fact that they were published in foreign (mainly German) languages gives Mirchuk’s works special significance, which made it possible for the Western scientific world to become familiar with the results and conclusions of Ukrainian-speaking researchers. At the same time, Mirchuk’s activities were multifaceted: in the 1920s and 1930s, he published many reviews of the latest works on Ukrainian philosophy and culture, and these reviews appeared in foreign periodicals in foreign languages. In addition, Mirchuk regularly published reports on scientific life in Europe and on the organization of scientific institutions of Ukrainian diaspora, which was also done in foreign languages. Mirchuk’s organizational skills were manifested in the establishment of the Ukrainian Scientific Institute in Berlin and in the restoration of the Ukrainian Free University in Munich. These institutions were to play the role of “mediators” between Ukraine and the West, which again contributed to the recognition of the Ukrainian intellectual tradition in the Western cultural and scientific environment. Such versatile, yet always focused on the importance of Ukrainian, activity, which was quite recognized during the philosopher’s lifetime in both Europe and America, gives grounds to assert that I. Mirchuk played a leading role in affirming and constituting the history of Ukrainian philosophy.
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