Writer: Sergej Lebedew
The text was written on the headline theme of the European Literature Days 2017.
Why is the gulf between East and West becoming wider again? What does this have to do with the aggressive macho culture that is now dominating world events?
„The temptation of fear and cowardice was a cornerstone of Soviet culture; overcoming fear and with it everything that was petty, personal, quotidian, was considered a rebirth, the acquisition of true communist consciousness.“
