Reformulating Russia : the cultural and intellectual historiography of Russian first-wave émigré writers

Author(s)

• Mjør, Kåre Johan

Bibliographic Information

Reformulating Russia : the cultural and intellectual historiography of Russian first-wave émigré writers

by Kåre Johan Mjør

（Russian history and culture, v. 7）

Brill, 2011

• : hbk

Note

Revised version of the author's PhD thesis, University of Bergen, 2009

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-318) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Reformulating Russia provides a thorough narratological and contextual analysis of Russian emigre historiography as it appears in Georgii Fedotov's Saints of Ancient Russia, Georgii Florovskii's The Ways of Russian Theology, Nikolai Berdiaev's The Russian Idea and Vasilii Zenkovskii's History of Russian Philosophy.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Transliterations and Abbreviations Introduction Texts and Contexts Historiography and Narrativity Research PART ONE - CONTEXTS Chapter One Russia Abroad The Emigre Community Exile as Mission Chapter Two Writing Russian History Varieties of Intellectual History Culture and Cultural History Historiography of Imperial Russia PART TWO - READINGS Chapter Three Georgii Fedotov and the Saints of Ancient Russia Culture, Creativity, Tragedy Resurrecting Russian Sanctity Configuring Russian Holiness Fedotov's Ancient and Holy Russia Detail and Meaning in Russian Holiness The Workers in the Vineyard From Negative to Positive Liberty Difference and Opposition Fedotov's Tragedy Fedotov's Historicism Chapter Four Georgii Florovskii and the Ways of Russian Theology Emigration, Eurasianism and Orthodoxy Florovskii's Prophetic Eschatology The Pseudomorphosis of Russian Thought Gradual Recovery and New Excitements Florovskii's Theology of Creativity The Ascetic Way Home Chapter Five Nikolai Berdiaev and the Russian Idea Revolution and Exile Berdiaev's Paradoxes and Inconsistencies The Russian Idea or the Idea of Russia? Chaotic Essentialism Russians as Schismatics The Martyrology of the Intelligentsia Russian Ideas as Ideas of Russia Berdiaev's Messianism Chapter Six Vasilii Zenkovskii and the History of Russian Philosophy Russia and Europe The Historiography of Philosophy Reframing Russian Philosophy Philosophy and its Soil Philosophy as a System Vladimir Solovev as a Systematic Philosopher The Systematic Design and its Content The Dialectics of History Concluding Remarks Bibliography Index

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Details

• NCID: BB07090374
• ISBN:
  • 9789004192867
• LCCN: 2011009240
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Leiden ; Boston
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 327 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DK32.7
  • DC22 : 947.0072
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Russia -- Intellectual life -- Historiography
  • LCSH : Russia -- Civilization -- Historiography
  • LCSH : Christian saints -- Russia -- Historiography
  • LCSH : Theology -- Russia -- Historiography
  • LCSH : Philosophy, Russian -- Historiography
  • LCSH : Fedotov, G. P. (Georgiĭ Petrovich), 1886-1951. Svi︠a︡tye Drevneĭ Rusi
  • LCSH : Florovsky, Georges, 1893-1979. Puti russkago bogoslovi︠a︡
  • LCSH : Berdi︠a︡ev, Nikolaĭ, 1874-1948. Russkai︠a︡ idei︠a︡
  • LCSH : Zenʹkovskiĭ, V. V. (Vasiliĭ Vasilʹevich), 1881-1962. Istorii︠a︡ russkoĭ filosofii
  • LCSH : Russian literature -- Foreign countries -- History and criticism
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA91088460