Posovietinė migracija S. Šalkauskio Rytų ir Vakarų sintezės idėjos šviesoje

Abstract

The article once more returns to the reflections of Šalkauskis' idea of the synthesis of East and West. In contemporary discussions as well as in Šalkauskis' times there is much confrontation about this idea, sometimes even not being aware of it. The article reviews the genesis and background of this idea, Šalkauskis' arguments and answers to the critics. Also the question how the contemporary, in many aspects - postcolonial, and for Lithuania - postsoviet, context of mobilization might impact upon consideration of such ideas. Is it possible to have any vision of Lithuania nowadays? And if not the one of Šalkauskis, then - what kind of it? No, there is no need to close Lithuania. But there is need to understand that there is no sense to conceive any other vision of Lithuania separate from the vision of Europe. But in this vision Lithuania might have its unique mission. Therefore there is sufficient evidence that in this vision of Europe Lithuania as integral part of it might be most clearly understood as synthesis of Eastern and Western parts of Europe.