Works of Berdyaev The 20th Century Foreign Cultural

Author: Wang Jianzhao
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: At the turn of the century, the development of humanities and academia requires reflection and review. This is the need of the advancing socialist cultural cause. The considerable accumulation achieved by domestic academia in studying contemporary Western society under the guidance of Marxism has made such reflection and review possible. Therefore, we organized scholars to translate and select the works for the "Book Collection of Foreign Cultural Figures in the 20th Century." "Cultural figures" is merely a colloquial term, and the selection of candidates is based on academic value. As for the selected writings in each figure's collection, they are intended to genuinely reflect the intellectual characteristics and academic perspectives of the individual, providing readers with the opportunity to analyze, study, draw inspiration from, and critique both the person and their works. While our aspirations are high, our actions may fall short. We sincerely hope for the support of the academic community. Truth is always dangerous; when the means replaces the end, lies accumulate, and thus, the means transforms into the end, making the original goal unattainable. The book contains their wisdom, naturally, with both essence and dross, experience and lessons intertwined. The fundamental purpose of this book is the development of national culture, which must be set against the backdrop of world culture. We can only create a favorable ecological environment for preserving, developing, and improving ourselves by absorbing heterogeneous ideas, cultural knowledge, and humanistic literacy from within the framework of a traditionally rooted system.