Thematic Section

2025-02, Thematic Section

From the Struggle for Freedom to a Culture of Liberty: Philosophical Reflections on the Lithuanian Experience of the Liberation Movement

Abstract: This paper discusses the liberation process of Lithuanian society that led to the restoration of independence in 1991, followed by three decades of integration into Western democratic liberal economies. It focuses on the predominant emotional responses and experiences of Lithuanian society as it faced historical choices – such as participating in the constitutional referendum […]

2025-02, Thematic Section

Toward a Critical Hermeneutics of “In-betweenness”: Re-reading Abdziralovich, Miłosz, and Kundera in the Times of the New Imperial War in Europe

Abstract: The article undertakes a critical examination of the relevance of interpreting Belarusian identity through the conceptual framework of being “in-between” East and West. In the aftermath of the 2020 protests in Belarus and the onset of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, the author reevaluates Ignat Abdziralovich’s early twentieth century theory of “in-betweenness” as a

2025-01, Thematic Section

The Role of Philosophy in the De-traumatizing of the Sedimented History

Abstract: The aim of this essay is to answer the question of what philosophy has to offer for the de-traumatization of unreflected history, or the historical sediments of the undifferentiated continuum of our consciousness. Often the historical sediments of everyday anxieties and imaginings have never been subjected to proper critical reflection, and the official narrative

2025-01, Thematic Section

Existential War and the Ontological Understanding of Culture

Abstract: Experiencing Russia’s aggression against Ukraine gives grounds to define culture as a particular world of collective existence; one that is under an existential threat and therefore, this full-scale aggression should be considered a war on cultural world. This allows for the interpretation of the concept of culture in terms of Heidegger’s existential ontology: as

2025-01, Thematic Section

The Other Heading of Europe: From Miłosz to Derrida

Abstract: The article explores a conceptualization of Eastern Europe at the intersection of literature and philosophy, focusing on two texts: The Issa Valley (1955) by Czesław Miłosz and The Other Heading (1991) by Jacques Derrida. In this context, Eastern Europe can be understood as a historical topos situated between Russian imperial violence concerning civil liberties

2025-01, Thematic Section

The Idea of “Eastern Europe”: Cultural Synthesis at the Frontier with the Enemy Beyond Europe

Abstract: The paper examines Eastern Europe’s complex and often problematic identity, particularly its positioning between East and West through the philosophical, historical, cultural, and geopolitical debates and their implications of this region’s identity. The paper discusses the role of cultural synthesis in shaping national identity, specifically focusing on the work of Lithuanian philosopher Stasys Šalkauskis.

2025-01, Thematic Section

The European Experience

Abstract: The essay is an introductory reflection on the process of shaping Europe, including Eastern Europe. Two sources, Athens and Jerusalem, are emphasized as an important element of the historical shaping of Europe. The author focuses on the role of the Athenian tradition in this process; and argues that at the roots of European culture

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