Jonathan Swift’s Publicism. The philosophical satire and socio-political views.

Abstract

The author of the article continues analyses heritage of Jonathan Swift with the philosophical point of view. It is the third article of series what is presented for reader. Two previous articles were sanctified to the analysis of suchknowns works as “A Tale of a Tub” and, certainly, “Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, commonly known as Gulliver's Travels”. In this work the author examines philosophical and publicism property sanctified to the study of labours of the great Irish and English thinker. The special attention is spared to some pamphlets and essay that are relatively not popular to wide mass of readers. For example, there are analysed such works: - The Battle of the Books; -A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland Being a Burden on Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick; - A Journal to Stella; - A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue; - Drapier's Letters; - A short view of the state of Ireland. These publicistic works of Jonathan Swift is analysed with the purpose of selection and demonstration to the reader of bright socially-philosophical theses that can be actual and today. Different literary styles of thinker are also watched in the article – both ironical and delivered to emotional expression. The author makes conclusion that estimation of the English philosopher only as an author of entertaining books for children and teenagers, master of satire is too narrow and incomplete. Some of pamphlets, essay, verses are not contained satire, irony and cynicism. However they are also sanctified the traditional themes that interested Swift. There are three thematic aspects of literature work of philosopher in this article: - theme of necessity of moral and intellectual progress of society; - theme of constructive and effective state administration, management and politics; - romantic theme. The author of the article makes conclusion also, that socio-political conditions modern to Swift (XVIII century), when Ireland was led to by Great Britain to the economic decline and full political submission, quite enslavements of Ukraine, that were actual in the nearest past. That why conclusions of the Irish philosopher about reasons aggressive wars, bribery the aggressive country of provocative politicians, journalists, writers for suppression of nearby country it is been absolutely actual -especially in the context of modern mutual relations between the free countries of Europe and post-soviet imperial Russia. Also important are Swift’s opinions about of necessity of a arranging in any country of the system of state pedagogics what is reviving the moral and intellectual level of nation. It is absolute reason of this thesis is explained by it is difficult to deceive patriotic, moral and intellectual peoples, it is difficult to manipulate and subordinate to the external management. At the end of the article the author makes conclusion also, that a person and labours of Jonathan Swift must be include into teaching course of Philosophy and History of philosophy in institutions of higher learning of Ukraine, because he is the bright and original representative of ideas of Renaissance and Enlightenment age.