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1 online resource (1 volume) |
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The language of irrationalism? -- Russia and the West. The power of illusion -- On Russian dreamers -- Russian eros: love in the context of moral philosophy -- Towards the question of the "man of nature" and "man of culture" in Russian literature -- Cases of subversion. Chekhov and Brodsky: under the veneer of rationalism? (or: on the concepts of hot and cold blood as philosophical categories) -- Rebellious tradition: Russian literary laughter, between poetry and pain |
| Summary |
Russia, once compared to a giant sphinx, is often considered in the Anglophone world an alien culture, often threatening and always enigmatic. Although recognizably European, Russian culture also has mystical features, including the idiosyncratic phenomenon of Russian irrationalism. Historically, Russian irrationalism has been viewed with caution in the West, where it is often seen as antagonistic to, and subversive of, the rational foundations of Western speculative philosophy. Some of the remarkable achievements of the Russian irrationalist approach, however, especially in the artistic spher |
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Includes index |
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Print version record |
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Russian literature -- Philosophy
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Irrationalism (Philosophy) in literature.
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Russian literature -- History and criticism
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers.
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Literary studies: general.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Russian & Former Soviet Union.
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Irrationalism (Philosophy) in literature
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Russian literature
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Russian literature -- Philosophy
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Russisch
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Literatur
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Russland Motiv
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Irrationalismus Motiv
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441109958 |
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1441109951 |
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9781441102584 |
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1441102582 |
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9781628926743 |
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1628926740 |
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