КОНЦЕПТ «РЕВОЛЮЦИОННАЯ МЕЧТА» В ФИЛОСОФСКОЙ ПРОЗЕ АНДРЕЯ ПЛАТОНОВА

Abstract

The concept of “revolutionary dream” is central in the philosophical prose of Andrei Platonov. This concept had a solid foundation — the belief in omnipotence of the «only correct» doctrine of Karl Marx and the recent experience of victory in the Civil war. The components of the “revolutionary dream” — unrestrained imagination and irrepressible fanaticism — were essential characteristics of the mentality and practical activity of revolutionary young men, to whom Platonov belonged himself in the twenties. However, unlike others, Platonov was not just one of the creators of a new society, but also a reflective witness seeing the genesis of Bolshevism as an unprecedented in history artificially constructed political and socio-economic system. 1917 was the beginning of the Soviet way of life. By 1937–1938 its formation was finished with the Сollectivization completion, total defeat of all oppositions and the peak of repressions. It was during this period that the Marxism that came to Russia from Europe was completely transformed into Marxism of the Leninism and Stalinism type. The way Platonov considers the concept of «revolutionary dream» is demonstrated both on the material of his early stories and later large texts — stories and novels «Sea of Youth», «The Foundation Pit», «Chevengur».