Philosophy of Language

Philosophy of Language

Suffocating on a Pedestal: Soviet Communism and the Paradox of Human Self-Elevation

When God is dead and Marx is dead, I am not feeling so well either.

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Eugene Terekhin
Oct 08, 2024
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Woody Allen famously said,

“God is dead, Marx is dead, and I’m not feeling so well myself.”

An average person in the USSR felt that acutely. When “God is dead,” ideology and culture always push human greatness. When God is dead, man becomes God. The problem with this is that, eventually, man starts also not feeling so well.

It showed in the …

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