Reflection on culture as the basis of revolutionary institutions. "Phenomenology of the spirit" and revolution

The article considers the revolutionary movement in the context of socio-cultural development from the point of view of its institutionalization. Through the revolution is the formation of culture. The revolution cannot fail to consolidate itself in institutions (otherwise it will remain a dream, longing for the “better world”), but such anchoring includes the risk of alienation of institutions from the subject, in particular, their fetishization in the mechanisms of representative power. The methodological basis of the study: the work of Hegel’s “Phenomenology of the Spirit” as one of the first experiences of categorical interpretation of the French Revolution, which is compared with Goethe’s “Faust” as the artistic interpretation of this revolution. Revolutionary creativity is considered in the context of duty and guilt.