Actuality of N. Berdyaev’s Philosophy of Spirit in Its Correlation with Hegel’s Philosophy of Spirit

Abstract

In this article the following themes and problems are under consideration: the main aspects of the theoretical synthesis, which Berdyaev had accomplished in his philosophy ofspirit; the transhistorical character and the theoreticalsignificance of his philosophy of spirit; the Berdyaev’s “dialogue” with Hegel’s philosophy of spirit (in Berdyaev’s book “Spirit and Reality”, 1937); the emphasis on a liberty as a central value both Hegelian and Berdyaev’s philosophy of spirit. The author is analyzing also the Berdyaev’s critical interpretation of the problem “spirit and reality” in Hegelian “Philosophy of spirit» from other important points of views such as: the spirit as logos – according to Hegel’s and Berdyaev’s philosophy; a negative parts of their philosophy ofspirit (a spirit as essence which is contradicting to the principles of determinism; the Berdyaev’s idea about the contradiction between spirit and consciousness). The author is discovering the innovative sites of Hegelian interpretation of spirit, as well as the originality of understanding of spirit in Berdyaev’s philosophical theories.