Original scientific paper

Russian Philosophy as interpreted by Dominik Barač

Hrvoje Lasić ; Filozofski fakultet Družbe Isusove, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

In this article the author gives a portrayal of Dominik Barač - Dominican priest, philosopher and theologian - who was engaged in the study of the social philosophy of Bolshevism, or rather Communism in Russia: its historical roots, the reasons for its emergence and the effect it wrought upon Christianity. The Russian social philosophy of Bolshevism is based on ideological principles, totalitarianism and dictatorship, hence the author unveils its ideological-materialistic-atheistic bent. With a critical approach to Russian philosophy, in which the dialectic-materialistic-marxist method is applied, the author points out from a Thomist and Christian point of view the grave errors of Bolshevism: misconceptions regarding its understanding of a society in which the individual human person in effect loses his individuality and his dignity, this being contrary to the social-ethical principles taught by St. Thomas Aquinas, by the Scholastics and by Christian doctrine.

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Hrčak ID:

938

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/938

Publication date:

18.3.2006.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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