From Onomatodoxy to Aesthetics: Aleksei Losev's Concept of Symbol /

From Onomatodoxy to Aesthetics: Aleksei Losev's Concept of Symbol /

In From Onomatodoxy to Aesthetics: Aleksei Losev's Concept of Symbol , Teresa Obolevitch analyzes the category of symbol in broad historical and philosophical context, with a focus on Losev's exploration of symbol over his prolific and tragic career. A survivor of the Stalinist camps, Lose...

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Main Author: Obolevitch, Teresa (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Contemporary Russian Philosophy ; 7.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2025.

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Philosophy.

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Call Number: PZ7.S588

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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Twentieth-Century Debate over Onomatodoxy, and Its Participants
  •  1 The History of the Debate
  •  2 Aleksei Losev: the Man and His Work
  • 2 Patristic Foundations of Imiaslavie
  •  1 Apophasis and Its Philosophical Premises
  •  2 Divine Names and Energies
  •  3 Eastern Christian Symbolism
  •  4 Interpretation of the Patristic Doctrine of the Divine Name in Russian Philosophy
  • 3 Platonic Determinants of Onomatodoxy as Interpreted by Losev
  •  1 A Thesis about God's Immanence and Platonism
  •  2 Losev's Characterization of the Platonic "Idea"
  •  3 The One-Good as the Principle of Reality
  •  4 Platonic Symbolism
  • 4 The Structure of the Name
  •  1 Antinomy between Freedom and Necessity
  •  2 Ancient Concepts of the Inner and Outer Aspects of the Word, and Their Interpretation among the Name Glorifiers
  •  3 Losev's Dialectic of the Name
  •  4 Synergism between Divine and Human Energies
  • 5 The Origin of the Name
  •  1 The Ontological Foundation of the Name
  •  2 The World as a Name
  •  3 The Symbolism of the Cosmos
  • 6 The Mythic Nature of the Name
  •  1 Losev's Analysis of Mythology
  •  2 Myth and Symbol
  •  3 Absolute Mythology-Christianity
  •  4 Indispensability of Myth
  • 7 The Open Structure of the Symbol
  •  1 The "Logic" of the Symbol
  •  2 The Symbol as a Category of Expression
  •  3 The Symbol as Interpretation of Reality
  • 8 The Symbol in Aesthetics
  •  1 Losev's Definition of Aesthetics
  •  2 The Symbol in Art
  •  3 Philosophy of Music
  •  4 The Symbol in Mathematics
  •  5 Philosophy of Expression as Philosophy Par Excellence
  • Afterword
  • Bibliography
  • Index.