Russian classics, or being of Russia. Kantov V.

The reader’s attention is proposed to the second edition of the book of Vladimir Kantor, a famous writer, doctor of philosophical sciences, ordinary professor NIU HSE, historian of Russian culture - “Russian classics, or the being of Russia”. The first edition came out nine years ago, diverged within a week, so the second edition is necessary. The author proceeds from the idea that he has long been conducted that only a high classic is a culture in the highest sense of the word. There are ethnographic cultures - nothing more than the material for the field study of an archaeologist or culturologist, and there are cultures that create the spiritual life of mankind. The very fact of the presence of a high classics, which creates its country for the world, allows you to overcome not only spatial, but also historical and temporal boundaries and preserve such a culture as an event of world significance. Clarifying and developing his thought, the author significantly processed his book.