"World spirit inhabited aesthetics those times...": Interview with U.N. Davydov

Abstract

The interview with Y.N. Davydov presents a detailed narrative about the path to science, books and people, which influenced the world view, about the twists and turns of relationships with authorities and colleagues, an atmosphere in social sciences in the 1950-s –1960-s. The interview tells about the views hidden behind «the criticism of bourgeois philosophy and sociology» and at a greater length about the reception of western ideas by Soviet sociology, about discussions and conflicts in academic environment of that period.