The life and thought of Lev Karsavin "strength made perfect in weakness..." / Dominic Rubin.
| Author/creator | Rubin, Dominic, 1972- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, |
| Description | xii, 479 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | On the boundary of two worlds: identity, freedom, and moral imagination in the Baltics ; 33 On the boundary of two worlds ; 33. ^A609401 |
| Summary | At last, Russia has begun to speak in a truly original voice." So said Anatoly Vaneev, a Soviet dissident who became Karsavin's disciple in the Siberian gulag where the philosopher spent his last two years. The book traces the unusual trajectory of this inspiring voice: Karsavin started his career as Russia's brightest historian of Catholic mysticism; however, his radical methods - which were far ahead of their time - shocked his conservative colleagues. The shock continued when Karsavin turned to philosophy, writing flamboyant and dense essays in a polyphonic style, which both Marxists and religious traditionalists found provocative. There was no let-up after he was expelled by Lenin from Soviet Russia: in exile, he became a leading theorist in the Eurasian political movement, combining Orthodox theology with a left-wing political orientation. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-406) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012285834 |
| ISBN | 9789042036468 |
| ISBN | 904203646X |
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