edited by Judith Deutsch Kornblatt and Richard F. Gustafson
University of Wisconsin Press, 1996 Paper: 978-0-299-15134-8 | Cloth: 978-0-299-15130-0 Library of Congress Classification BR932.R87 1996 Dewey Decimal Classification 274.708
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
As Russia entered the modern age in the nineteenth century, many Russian intellectuals combined the study of European philosophy with a return to their own traditions, culminating in the novels of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky and in the religious philosophy of their younger contemporary, Vladimir Soloviev. This book explores central issues of modern Russian religious thought by focusing on the work of Soloviev and three religious philosophers who further developed his ideas in the early twentieth century: P. A. Florensky, Sergei Bulgakov, and S. L. Frank. The essays place these thinkers in the contexts of both Western philosophy and Eastern Orthodoxy, presenting a substantially new perspective on Russian religious thought.
The work of these four philosophers, this volume demonstrates, influenced virtually all aspects of twentieth-century Russian culture, and indeed, many aspects of Soviet culture as well, but also represents a rich philosophical tradition devoted to issues of divinity, community, and humanity that transcend national boundaries and historical eras.
Included in Russian Religious Thought is an introduction, brief biographical information on Soloviev, Florensky, Bulgakov, and Frank, and an Afterword by scholar James Scanlan, who elaborates on the volume’s aim to provide a thoughtful corrective, both to unexamined assumptions of past scholarship and to nationalist readings currently popular in post-Soviet Russia.
"Russian religious philosophy, banned under the Soviets, has been marginalized in the Western academy as well. This interdisciplinary volume helps explain why this body of thought has remained for so long at the center of Russian culture."—Caryl Emerson, Princeton University
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Judith Deutsch Kornblatt is associate professor of Slavic languages and literatures at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and author of The Cossack Hero in Russian Literature and Doubly Chosen, also published by the University of Wisconsin Press. Richard F. Gustafson is the Olin Professor of Russian at Barnard College and Columbia University. Among his many books is Leo Tolstoy, Resident and Stranger.
REVIEWS
Recovering the roots of Russian religious philosophy
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Kornblatt,
Judith Deutsch
Gustafson,
Richard F.
Soloviev
Background
1.
Soloviev's Doctrine of Salvation
Gustafson,
Richard F.
2.
Gnostic Elements in the Cosmogony of Vladimir Soloviev
Carlson,
Maria
3.
Soloviev on Salvation: The Story of the “Short Story of the Antichrist”
Kornblatt,
Judith Deutsch
Florensky
Background
4.
P. A. Florensky and the Celebration of Matter
Cassedy,
Steven
5.
Florensky and Dante: Revelation, Orthodoxy, and Non-Euclidean Space
Bethea,
David M.
Bulgakov
Background
6.
Sergei Bulgakov's Philosophy of Personality
Meerson,
Michael A.
7.
The Nature and Function of Sophia in Sergei Bulgakov's Prerevolutionary Thought
Rosenthal,
Bernice Glatzer
8.
Sophiology as the Dialogue of Orthodoxy with Modern Civilization
Valliere,
Paul
Frank
Background
9.
S. L. Frank's Intuition of Pan-Unity
Slesinski,
Robert
10.
The Religious Roots of S. L. Frank's Ethics and Social Philosophy
Kline,
George L.
11.
“Spiritual Life” versus Life in Christ: S. L. Frank and the Patristic Doctrine of Deification
Swoboda,
Philip J.
Afterword: Religious Philosophy in Russian Culture Today
Scanlan,
James
Index
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edited by Judith Deutsch Kornblatt and Richard F. Gustafson
University of Wisconsin Press, 1996 Paper: 978-0-299-15134-8 Cloth: 978-0-299-15130-0
As Russia entered the modern age in the nineteenth century, many Russian intellectuals combined the study of European philosophy with a return to their own traditions, culminating in the novels of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky and in the religious philosophy of their younger contemporary, Vladimir Soloviev. This book explores central issues of modern Russian religious thought by focusing on the work of Soloviev and three religious philosophers who further developed his ideas in the early twentieth century: P. A. Florensky, Sergei Bulgakov, and S. L. Frank. The essays place these thinkers in the contexts of both Western philosophy and Eastern Orthodoxy, presenting a substantially new perspective on Russian religious thought.
The work of these four philosophers, this volume demonstrates, influenced virtually all aspects of twentieth-century Russian culture, and indeed, many aspects of Soviet culture as well, but also represents a rich philosophical tradition devoted to issues of divinity, community, and humanity that transcend national boundaries and historical eras.
Included in Russian Religious Thought is an introduction, brief biographical information on Soloviev, Florensky, Bulgakov, and Frank, and an Afterword by scholar James Scanlan, who elaborates on the volume’s aim to provide a thoughtful corrective, both to unexamined assumptions of past scholarship and to nationalist readings currently popular in post-Soviet Russia.
"Russian religious philosophy, banned under the Soviets, has been marginalized in the Western academy as well. This interdisciplinary volume helps explain why this body of thought has remained for so long at the center of Russian culture."—Caryl Emerson, Princeton University
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Judith Deutsch Kornblatt is associate professor of Slavic languages and literatures at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and author of The Cossack Hero in Russian Literature and Doubly Chosen, also published by the University of Wisconsin Press. Richard F. Gustafson is the Olin Professor of Russian at Barnard College and Columbia University. Among his many books is Leo Tolstoy, Resident and Stranger.
REVIEWS
Recovering the roots of Russian religious philosophy
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Kornblatt,
Judith Deutsch
Gustafson,
Richard F.
Soloviev
Background
1.
Soloviev's Doctrine of Salvation
Gustafson,
Richard F.
2.
Gnostic Elements in the Cosmogony of Vladimir Soloviev
Carlson,
Maria
3.
Soloviev on Salvation: The Story of the “Short Story of the Antichrist”
Kornblatt,
Judith Deutsch
Florensky
Background
4.
P. A. Florensky and the Celebration of Matter
Cassedy,
Steven
5.
Florensky and Dante: Revelation, Orthodoxy, and Non-Euclidean Space
Bethea,
David M.
Bulgakov
Background
6.
Sergei Bulgakov's Philosophy of Personality
Meerson,
Michael A.
7.
The Nature and Function of Sophia in Sergei Bulgakov's Prerevolutionary Thought
Rosenthal,
Bernice Glatzer
8.
Sophiology as the Dialogue of Orthodoxy with Modern Civilization
Valliere,
Paul
Frank
Background
9.
S. L. Frank's Intuition of Pan-Unity
Slesinski,
Robert
10.
The Religious Roots of S. L. Frank's Ethics and Social Philosophy
Kline,
George L.
11.
“Spiritual Life” versus Life in Christ: S. L. Frank and the Patristic Doctrine of Deification
Swoboda,
Philip J.
Afterword: Religious Philosophy in Russian Culture Today
Scanlan,
James
Index
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