Аннотация: The famous historian and the modern Russial history. The moral essay.
The famous historian and the modern Russial history. The moral essay.
A new portion of news about the most famous historian appeared.
He put forward a project to use the future honorarium from the future book.
As the wave of the emotions connected with tragic incident falls down and more and more data on the biography of the historian appear, he turns into more and more symbolical and more and more tragic figure.
We note a presence at him of intellectual abilities and instincts of a positive orientation.
Intellectual abilities include a creative potential - in a coherent and emotional way to express a thoughts in written and verbal form. Perhaps there are some organizational qualities. He mastered and was able to use a foreign language.
The instincts of a positive orientation are manifested in his attempts to organize his life in some more or less cultural spheres (in the field of education), to spend his free time in the "spaces" of historical reconstruction, to be integrated into the international research scientific process.
Even now we see his (a sincere? not a sincere?) attempts (instinctive attempts?) to immerse himself in the process of writing a book (to displace the tragic reality from a consciousness?).
So, the famous modern historian is a rather extraordinary person.
What a peaks could he conquer?
There is a level of social fairy tales and a level of the reality.
At the level of social fairy tales, he could defend the (own) doctoral thesis, become a professor, to be elected to the Academy of Sciences, get some international prize, become a champion in fees from the sale of numerous books he wrote, take some outstanding position in the system of higher education, in the scientific hierarchy - that is, become someone remotely resembling the legendary historian academician Eugenia Tarle.
But it 's a level of social fairytale.
We live in the real world.
What has the famous historian achieved in reality?
He defended his candidate dissertation and became an assistant professor. Not so little, but not so much.
He wrote a lot of books. He was widely known in narrow circles. The theme of honorarium often arises. But the specific figures are not called.
The existence, the life of modern literary plankton shows that in modern conditions there are no significant (official) fees for (from) books written and sold - in the Russian Federation. Is this the wrong statement? Name, at least, five surnames and five book titles, five sales indicators and five notable honorariums (received officially).
The financial situation of the famous historian looks somehow very unclear. Very ambiguously.
The historian 's abilities - emotionally and interestingly to lecture - drew to him the attention of young girls - a Bird of Luck seekers in the historical sphere.
For someone, it could be a source of complete and exciting happiness. But, here, it was necessary not to be a historian, but a philosopher. For Napoleon, women were not a main topic, and he had a lot of women...
The historian did not take any significant positions in the system of science and education. A separate topic that eludes public attention is his superiors. Who are they, these outstanding people, who are superior to him with their talents?
He did not become a Doctor of Science and a Professor.
He was not elected to the Academy of Sciences.
For all that, his abilities were obvious. Apparently, he deservedly was awarded the Foreign Order of the Legion of Honor.
What prospects have been opened to young girls - a happiness seekers in the field of historical science - who became close to a capable and energetic historian?
Prospects for legalizing close relationships were uncertain.
The historian 's financial basis was obscure...
The prospects for official and scientific growth were the most uncertain.
For someone a communication with a knowledgeable and capable person, a visiting of events from the sphere of historical reconstruction could be a happiness for a period of time ...
The young fervor cools down over time. Additional amounts of information obtained, in one way or another, in the process of communicating with the historian, ... give rise to skepticism...
The drama of the relationship was present initially. But drama was not visible at the start, being camouflaged by the beautiful lectures and the hero 's image in Napoleon 's uniform.
What is the morality of this story?
An outstanding capable man been marinated year after year, having no significant prospects for social development - official (career), scientific, financial...
A modern Russial reality turns the souls of many people, many individuals, into something helpless, ineffective, and sometimes a criminal...
That 's the morality of this story.
January 16, 2020 07:11
Translation from Russian into English: January 16, 2020 08:06.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Знаменитый историк и современная российская история. Моральный очерк'.