Twilight of Europe. Landau G.A.

Grigory Adolfovich Landau (1877-1941)-philosopher, cultural philosopher, publicist, thinker of Russian abroad, the brilliant gift of which was written by Vyach. Ivanov and F.A. Stepun, in his book comprehends the tragedy of the First World War, its eschatological consequences for European civilization. In the interpretation of Landau, the process of transforming European culture from world and all -human to a provincial, which began before 1914, intensified during the war, a breakdown of cultural continuity occurred.

The central place in the book of Landau, published in 1923 In Berlin, an analysis of the most important consequences of the world disaster for the West, determined by him as “material destruction”, “destruction of manpower” and “moral eclipse” - establishing an atmosphere of hatred and suspicion between the peoples of Western Europe, destructive both in the economic and spiritual plan. Landau predicts the upcoming geopolitical and cultural changes, speaks of the dangers of the absolutization of any philosophical principle, believes that it is “ideological maximalism” “condenses twilight over European culture.”

The book of Landau, which is called the Russian Spengler, is represented by one of the interesting experiments of understanding the First World War and its consequences for world culture.