Existential Discourse and Communicative Strategy of Philosophical Journalism of Ukrainian Emigration after World War IІ

Abstract

The article explores the existential dimension and communicative strategy of philosophical journalism of Ukrainian emigration after World War II. The hermeneutic-communicative methodology is used, which allows interpreting scientific, popular science and journalistic texts as an act of existential testimony and ethical statement. It is found that existentialism has become not only a philosophical trend, but a way of spiritual self-knowledge of the nation in conditions of exile. In the works of Yuriy Shevelyov, Ivan Koshelyvets, Yevhen Malanyuk, Gavriil Kostelnyk, Bohdan Tsymbalisty, Volodymyr Yaniv, and others, a combination of existential motives with national identity and Christian personalism is revealed. The communicative strategy of emigration journalism is characterized by dialogicity, authenticity of speech, ethical responsibility and resistance to silence. The results show that the existential journalism of Ukrainian emigration created a phenomenon of spiritual communication of the 20th century, which combined national memory, philosophy, and journalism as a space of freedom and being.