The Institute of Philosophy and the Great Patriotic War

Abstract

The article tells about the everyday life of the Institute in the time of War, about the scientific work of philosophers, political repression and the change of leadership of the Institute. During the Great Patriotic War the Institute of Philosophy was divided into Moscow and Almaty offices. Most of the staff was evacuated. All employees continued to work, focusing on military issues. The most significant events of the academic life of the Institute war years were the doctoral thesis of G. Lukács, the publication of volume III of the "History of Philosophy" and the discussion of the logic textbooks by V. F. Asmus and E. J. Colman. In 1944 there was a change of leadership of the Institute: the supporters of G. F. Alexandrov have replaced the supporters of M. B. Mitin. For this cause G. F. Alexandrov has used the letter from Z. Y. Beletsky about the third volume of the "History of Philosophy". One of the important elements of the Institute’s change of leadership was the arrest of some of the Institute members – the supporters of Mitin.