Remarkable philosopher and publicist thinking about conservation issues of human status and related finding ways national identity in contemporary globalization space. The lecture was held in the framework of the Flying University and was part of the series of "City and the World".

By all evidence, the most weighty task that puts the Flying University - is the cultivation of the thinking process in our country and the formation of a genuine intellectual elite in Belarus. This comes at a political time when the thought itself is not welcome and objectives of the national bureaucracy are opposite values genuine elite, which is still in the making. And in what historical period troubled and confusing Belarusian history was otherwise ? Therefore one of the main observations of the lecturer at the beginning was: "Thinking is scary and even scarier feel it... "

However, the fear is of two kinds : it can suppress the will, but it may be the way to transcendence, as happened in the case by Valentin Akudovich. It is not in vain, he develops a unique space within the Belarusian- metaphysics absence. By and large, it's really the last thing that can be said in human language, and the approach to this issue requires a philosophical and personal courage, "I was fascinated, charmed not what is and what is not. I grabbed the bait "nothing", "no." How is it possible not to be? What it is: verbal simulacrum, or behind it something real ? ".

We can say that in the Russian-speaking space only, perhaps, Nikolai Berdyaev was fully aware of the depth and horror of the topic, and found the courage to develop it exactly. Pavel Florensky, faced with the horror of the Abyss, he hastened to run away, putting their Orthodox religious identity as a shield. So awareness of the depth of fear of limiting questions posed by human thinking, is the reverse side of the personal courage Valentine Akudovich.

This is not surprising. After all, in the normal case, the person is capable of showing intellectual courage is also physically fearless. This rule is perfectly suited to the personality of the philosopher. The fact that Valentine Akudovich many years was seriously engaged in mountaineering, and this extreme sport has had a significant influence on the formation of his personality : " I ??am the master of sport of mountaineering. In those hours deaf totalitarianism, mountain - the first who taught me freedom. There I was completely free from the system. "

So we see how the unity of height and depth, manifested in the symbolism of the mountain (top and cave), transferred from the reality of sport climbing experience to the intellectual quest website. On what basis we will build a nation? Will there Belarusian nation in the future? These, of course, high issues that are introduced into the distance intellectual horizons are related to the understanding of social and metaphysical "absence" of strong forms of national identity : " In this land could not be formed Institute of national identity. We have never had their own country as their own. and only in 1991 it happened, was a bit belorussizatsiya that ended another catastrophe... "

Questions posed by the philosopher, were moved to a discussion of the lecture material in an open discussion format. According to the most Akudovich Valentine, "thinking occurs when there is disagreement." Thus, participants could discuss the main points presented by the lecturer. The main topic of the second part of the training was the preservation of human issues of personal status in the space of the global society. And then the fundamental idea formulated by the author lectures, became the national significance of this factor for the preservation of human identification, " National - salvation for those who want to have a crown on his head."

The symbolism of the crown is the presence of the spiritual value status of human beings, " shining intelligence" ascending to the Logos, and the implementation of spiritual evolution. Valentin Akudovich underlined the increasing dominance of consumer values in the contemporary globalization space. This space dissolves the essential characteristics of a man changing his style. As the philosopher, " a time of great ideological concepts over." Nevertheless, this state of affairs is not a sentence to the idea of the nation : " Infinite Space is not convenient. Likely to occur and other amenities. "

During the lectures and discussions given topic Valentin Akudovich stressed that his theses are not limited to any of the existing political or ideological orientations. Currently they can only restrict the freedom of thought. Belarusian national identity is not only in the direction of the past, create the future of this project, which remains open for reflection and creative research.

Vitebsk Courier