Philosophy
L. Antonova. Anthropological Concept of E.Kant: Ability of Aesthetical Judgment, Taste. - Philosophical Procurement. - Tbilisi - 2002 - VI - 296-307 - Bibl. 2 - in Russian.
L. Antonova. Ability of Judgment as an Anthropological Measurement. E. Kant, "Critic of Judgmental Ability". - Materials of scientific Conference.- Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University.- 2001 - 15-17 pp. - in Russian.
The author, views Phenomenon of Aesthetic Taste and its Artistic Incarnation in the series of articles connected with each other by one philosophic-anthropological concept. The author thinks, that human historically awakes for multi angled aesthetical activity, where beauty and taste are interrelated in a special feature of reality and ability of its evaluation. In the article the author replies to the critical researches of Kant for the clarification of Kant's anthropological theory of taste. Based on Kant's understanding of apriority principle and expediency ability of aesthetic judgment, Antonova thinks that taste performs a role of "actual conformity" with the reason and mind on the basis of the feelings of satisfaction and discontent. Taste was phenomenized by Kant as a "genuine subjectivity" in the act of transformation of sensual pleasure into the aesthetical satisfaction.
By becoming a "creative I" (p. 297), taste has a knowledge of own accordance and dimension, as well as measure of "own power" and "ability of transformation" (p. 298). It becomes "a way for the anthropological diversity of individuality" (p. 299).
Antonova demonstrates that capability of aesthetic judgment acts as a "mechanism" for expediency of self-expression. It is not a logical, but still taste gives an act of a thought, meaning of subject completeness. Taste as measure of appropriateness organizes "space of activities and relations", at the same time creating "stability of human world". Evaluation of magnificence in the sphere of morals enables ability to talk about morality of taste.
L. Antonova. Aesthetical Function in Culture. - Issues of History and Theory of Culture. - Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University. - 2000 - VIII - 22-28 pp.- BibL. 5 - in Russian.
L. Antonova. Phenomenology of Spiritual Experience: Anthropomeasurement of Aesthetical. - Issues of History and Theory of Culture - Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University.- 2002- XIII- 13-19 pp. BibL. 9 - in Russian.
L. Antonova. Maestro of Thought. About metaphysics of culture, by Merab Mamardashvili. - Issues of Historical Culture.- Tbilisi - 1999 - VII - 11-13 pp.- BibL. 3 - in Russian.
L. Antonova. Creation as an Anthropological Measurement. Christological Concept of N. Berdyaev's "Meaning of Creation". - Issues of History and Theory of Culture.- Tbilisi - 2000 - IX - 102-107 pp.- BibL. 1 - in Russian.
L. Antonova. Loneliness Phenomenon in the Content of Dialogs of Cultures. - Issues of History and Theory of Culture. - Tbilisi - 2002 - XI - 23-28 pp. BibL. 7 - in Russian.
The author applies to the main ideas of M. Mamardashvili: Metaphysical event of "second birth" of humanity in human, necessity of "identity with own self", creation of "metaphysical part" in culture as real condition of consciousness and shame. Antonova presents position of understanding of taste in the article. Aesthetical is viewed as a relation of human measure to the subject measure. Inner connection of taste with culture is defined by the "human measure," (p. 24), that gives function of taste, a hidden character. Author substantiates, that "existence of taste" - spiritual life, where aesthetical has its meaning and a human stays with what he chose himself stays with "his own self". Taste is "self-existence within spiritual space". It is "the highest instance, like a conscious". Existentialism revisited own existence to the taste and in interest to the "own self", - mentions the author.
The author comes to the meaning of creation and views it as the highest human measurement that excuses its existence. Idea of taste develops in relation to creation that fully realizes anthropomeasurement.
Definition of anthropomeasurement is given as a measurement of such taste, where beauty coincides with precious meanings. Anthropomeasurement has such a character that taste becomes phenomenon of self-existence. Pleasure and imagination of taste, as a result of own internationality, characterizes internal world of a person. Anthropomeasurement gives a taste spiritual self-sufficiency. Relying on various approaches of other authors, Antonova sees self-perception of the form in loneliness and asserts, that as a result of problem of taste, existential loneliness is contrary to the models of suffering and desperateness. As a result of mentioned above, author finds reassurance of anthropomeasurement characteristics in the artistic incarnations of taste.
L. Antonova. Feeling of Absolute Beauty. (Dostoevsky and Russian Philosophical Thought). - Problems of Dostoevsky's Works in Connection With Reality (Collection of articles). - Tbilisi - 1999- 25-29 pp. - BibL. 4 - in Russian.
L. Antonova. Tragedy of Esthetics of Gogol. - Actual issues of inter-national philological relations.- Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University.- 2001- 13-17 pp. - in Russian.
L. Antonova. Gentle Period of Pushkin's Poetry. - Pushkin and his International Importance. Materials of scientific conference dedicated to 200 years since Pushkin's birth.- Tbilisi - 1999.- 10-11 pp. - in Russian.
L. Antonova. Chatsky as Existential Type of Russian Literature: Experience of Contra-version. - Actual issues of inter-national philological relations.- Tbilisi - 1999 - 18-19 pp. - in Russian.
L. Antonova. Lermontov's Ethical Anthropology. - Lermontov and Inter-national Meaning.- Tbilisi - 1999 - 9-13 pp. - in Russian.
In these articles author views V. Soloviev's, N. Berdyaev's, V. Rozanov's, V. Ivanov's positions in relation to the writer's work. Author comes to an idea that key to Dostoevsky's understanding is metaphysical understanding of the unity of magnificence, kindness, reality that are components of life expediency of human measurement. The problem of writer - Gogol is metaphysicaL. He had a special gift to see "diabolic" sides of life. In the artistic characters imagination is playing with archetypes that bring disharmony. Ideal beauty is so high that could not meet the requirements and artistic characters took negative forms.
All human meanings are accessible to the individual metaphysics of the poet. Creativity puts a human on the existential loneliness, by connecting him with his own self. "Gentle period" is rare talent of a genius to be affected by the life, to give himself in to the newness and not to lose impeccable taste at the same time.
The main idea of the Chatsky story is a discovery of own self, movement in a horizon of loneliness of moral mind and endeavors. How will he act after discovering other measurement of life, stays unanswered.
The author implies that in the literature experience of Lermontov his measure to understand a mystery of "moral powers and laws" is reflected. Powers, which allow human "not to lose his own self."