For the Issue of the Georgian Renaissance

Abstract

 The concept of the Renaissance or revival refers to the era of cultural upsurge in Europe in the 15th-16th centuries, the ideological content of which is humanism. It means the revival of the ancient understanding of worldly reality. However, the influence of Christian-religious values ​of the Middle Ages is also noticeable in it.

         Italy is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance and is celebrated under the name of the European Renaissance. However, in Europe itself, an opinion appears about the signs of the existence of a non-European, or Eastern Renaissance.

         A typical example of the Eastern Renaissance is the Georgian Renaissance. According to Ivane Javakhishvili, the thorough study of Hellenism gave rise to the so-called “Renaissance” in Western Europe. Georgia began this movement already in the 12th century, but its completion was hindered by the Mongol-Tatar invasion.

         Shalva Nutsubidze, in his study “Ioane Petritsi”, began the development of the theory of the Renaissance by recognizing the Byzantine Renaissance, from which, in his opinion, Western Europe received a stimulus for renewal and which prepared the Western European Renaissance. However, the Byzantine Renaissance stopped, and this cultural movement continued in Georgia in the 11th–12th centuries, in the works of Ioane Petritsi and |ShotaRustaveli.

         Grigol Robakidze develops a different idea about the Georgian Renaissance. He predicts the Georgian Renaissance in the 20th century. In his opinion, it is precisely in the history of Georgia of this century that the signs of the Georgian Renaissance are visible.

         Grigol Robakidze's stated opinion provides more hope and grounds for optimistic assertions about the strengthening and development of the Georgian Renaissance based on national traditions for Georgia in the 21st century.