This book looks like a series of lectures, each chapter is accompanied by a list of recommended reading. However, right from the first pages it becomes clear that this is not a strict academic text, but an exciting novel.

The author explores a variety of topics using texts by French, German, Italian, British, Austrian, Jewish, and Ukrainian authors. He guides the reader through pan-European themes, and also explores European plots relevant to the Ukrainian context.

This book has been recommended for publication by the Academic Council of the Faculty of Humanities of the National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy". Scientific reviewers - Doctor of Philosophy, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Theoretical and Practical Philosophy of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University, Vakhtang Ivanovich Kebuladze, and Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Head of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies of the National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", Vadym Ihorovych Menzhulin .