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<span style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:120%;">[https://dialektika.org/en/2018/12/10/alexander-solzhenitsyn-quotes-books/ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: a contradictory life (and famous quotes)]</span> | <span style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:120%;">[https://dialektika.org/en/2018/12/10/alexander-solzhenitsyn-quotes-books/ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: a contradictory life (and famous quotes)]</span> | ||
Despite being regarded as one of the symbols of the condemnation of Stalinist totalitarianism, there is also in the vast work of Solzhenitsyn moments of criticism against Western democracy. | Despite being regarded as one of the symbols of the condemnation of Stalinist totalitarianism, there is also in the vast work of Solzhenitsyn moments of <mark>criticism against Western democracy</mark>. | ||
There is also his famous speech at Harvard on June 8, 1978. There he defines his ideas on the development of the West about culture, philosophy, politics and specific cases such as the so-called Third World: | There is also his famous speech at Harvard on June 8, 1978. There he defines his ideas on the development of the West about culture, philosophy, politics and specific cases such as the so-called Third World: | ||
In that speech [at Harvard], he criticizes the two central contending systems during the Cold War: Communism and Western Capitalism. His argument centers on what he calls “<mark>despiritualized and irreligious humanistic consciousness</mark>.” The problem, according to Solzhenitsyn, lies in the predominance of these forces at the base of all <mark>modern</mark> societies. | In that speech [at Harvard], he criticizes the two central contending systems during the Cold War: Communism and Western Capitalism. His argument centers on what he calls “<mark>despiritualized and irreligious humanistic consciousness</mark>.” The problem, according to Solzhenitsyn, lies in the predominance of these forces at the base of all <mark>modern</mark> societies. | ||