SPECULATING ON “PHILOSOPHY OF COMMON CAUSE” AS SUGGESTED BY N. FYODOROV & ITS INTERPRETATION IN TEXTS BY A. PLATONOV

Abstract

The article examines “Philosophy of the Common Cause” by N. Fyodorov and the philosophical views on this problem of the writer A. Platonov. The question is raised about the purpose of this long and difficult work and about those who will be able to complete it. N. Fyodorov believes that it is necessary to restore the cult of ancestors, return the hearts of sons to their fathers, and the resurrection of all fathers will become the highest manifestation of the unity of all sons with their fathers. Resurrection of the fathers is considered the most crucial goal of all the people on Earth, who will inhabit the Universe after resurrecting all the ancestors. According to A. Platonov, children are builders and residents of the future, they are the main people, they will become true masters. To become a master one should cover a long and painful road through sufferings and deaths of the close people. The political name of the new world is communism, and the beginning of the road to it is revolution. To create the new world all the people should unite in one mutual activity – building a city for all.