Socrates in Russia /
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This volume explores the influence of the Socratic legacy on philosophy and literature in the Russian, East European, and Soviet contexts, including the work of Skovoroda, Radishchev, Herzen, Dostoevsky, Rozanov, Bely, Narbut, Bulgakov, and many others.
This volume explores the influence of the Socratic legacy in the Russian, East European, and Soviet contexts. For writers, philosophers, and artists, Socrates has served as a potent symbol-of the human capacity for philosophical reflection, as well as the tumultuous (and often dangerous) reality in which Russian-speaking and Soviet intellectuals found themselves. The thirteen chapters include surveys of historical periods and movements (the 18th century, Nietzscheanism, and the "Greek Renaissance" of Russian culture), studies of individual writers and philosophers (Skovoroda, Herzen, Dostoevsky, Rozanov, Bely, Narbut, and many others), and investigations of Socratic subtexts (e.g., in Bulgakov's Master and Margarita and Nosov's Neznaika series for children). The volume concludes with a "Socratic Texts" section of new translations. The plurality of these topics demonstrates the continued relevance of the Socratic myth not only for Russian-speaking culture, but for the world.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004523326
9789004523319
Women Philosophers and Russia /
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Despite their strong leadership presence in Soviet academia, women philosophers have remained largely unrecognized for their original thought, remembered instead as translators, teachers, and caretakers of ideas. Women Philosophers and Russia both situates and analyzes the philosophical contributions of female philosophers - and the significance of women's issues more broadly - in intellectual history from the imperial to post-Soviet eras. Bringing together an interdisciplinary collective of sixteen scholars, the volume examines the ideas, careers, and lives of thinkers like Zinaida Stolitsa, Vera Volkovich, Ayn Rand, Liubov Akselrod, Olga Tankhilevich, Nelly Motroshilova, Piama Gaidenko, Aleksandra Kollontai, Marie Goldsmith, Myrrha Lot-Borodine, Sofia Gubaidulina, Lidiya Ginzburg, and Zinaida Mirkina, redefining the contours of philosophical inquiry in the process of bringing their ideas to light.
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1 online resource (296 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004760196