Conversations with Books
To meaningfully reintroduce Akaki Bakradze’s works into public life, we are supporting student-led book clubs at universities in Tbilisi and across Georgia. We hope this will give young people the chance to explore Akaki Bakradze’s writings in depth and reflect on the relevance of his ideas. The program will provide complimentary books and offer modest stipends.
Alongside funding book clubs, the Society will also support students who wish to study Bakradze’s works independently. Any student may fill out a form, indicate the selected work, and explain their motivation for reading it, upon which they will receive the book as a gift from the Society.
Note: Please refer to the Georgian version of this page to learn more.
For a small and vulnerable country like Georgia, political orientation is of decisive importance. The choice still stands before us today: Russia or Europe and America? If we fail to make a final decision, if we drift between one side and the other, Georgia’s fate will be placed directly in the path of danger.
The dogma of shared faith is one of the most dangerous obstacles. It must be said clearly: unless this dogma is erased from Georgia’s political consciousness, we will never break free from Russian dominion.
— Akaki Bakradze, Naiveté