Philosophy in the act

the socio-political relevance of Mamardašvili's philosophizing

Evert van der Zweerde

pp. 179-203

in: Merab Mamardašvili, Studies in East European Thought 58 (3), 2006.

Abstract

Although topics in social and political philosophy might not be the first to associate with Mamardašvili, it is argued in this paper that key concepts in his thought, viz. the concepts of form, thought, and culture come together, in the 1980s in particular, in a notion of civil society that goes deeper than that of many of his contemporaries. The relevance of his philosophy at this point is intensified by the specific nature of Soviet philosophical culture, but, it is argued, extends well beyond that, fully justifying his honorary title of "Georgian Socrates".

Cited authors

Mamardašvili Merab

Socrates