| Description |
1 online resource (x, 99 pages) |
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Routledge focus on religion |
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Routledge focus on religion.
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| Summary |
"This book considers a movement within Russian religious philosophy known as full unity (vseedinstvo), with a focus on one of its main representatives, Pavel Florensky (1882-1937). Often referred to as "the Russian Leonardo", Florensky was an important figure of the Russian religious renaissance around the beginning of the twentieth century. It is shown that his philosophy, conceptualized in his theory of the icon, brings together the problem of the "religious turn" and the "pictorial turn" in modern culture, as well as contributing to contemporary debates on religion and secularism. Organised around the themes of full unity and visuality, the book examines Florensky's definition of the icon as "energetic symbol," drawing on Gregory Palamas, before offering a theological reading of Florensky's theory of the pictorial space of the icon. It then turns to Florensky's idea of space in the icon as non-Euclidean. Finally, the icon is placed within wider debates provoked by Bolshevik cultural policy, which extend to current discussions concerning religion, modernity, and art. Offering an important contribution from Russian religious philosophy to issues of contemporary modernity, this book will be of interest to scholars of religious philosophy, Russian studies, theology and the arts, and the medieval icon"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Clemena Antonova is research director of the "Eurasia in Global Dialogue" programme, Institute for the Human Sciences, Vienna, Austria, and author of Space, Time, and Presence in the Icon: Seeing the World with the Eyes of God |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 27, 2019) |
| Subject |
Florenskiĭ, P. A. (Pavel Aleksandrovich), 1882-1937.
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| SUBJECT |
Florenskiĭ, P. A. (Pavel Aleksandrovich), 1882-1937 fast |
| Subject |
Icons.
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Philosophical theology.
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Philosophy and religion -- Russia
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Philosophy, Russian -- 20th century.
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icons (devotional images)
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- Orthodox Churches.
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RELIGION -- Philosophy.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- Literature.
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Icons
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Philosophical theology
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Philosophy and religion
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Philosophy, Russian
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Russia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019029788 |
| ISBN |
9780429562426 |
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0429262892 |
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042956242X |
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9780429557958 |
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0429557957 |
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9780429553486 |
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042955348X |
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9780429262890 |
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