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1 online resource |
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On the boundary of two worlds ; 33 |
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On the boundary of two worlds ; 33.
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List of Diagrams; Preface; ONE: The Making of a Metaphysical Historian; 1. Prelude: Who was Lev Karsavin?; 2. Early life (1882-1901); 3. Scholarly beginnings and first crisis (1902-1915); 4. The Foundations of Medieval Religiosity (1915-1916); 5. Karsavin, historical Christianity and FMR; TWO: A Theology Unfolds; 1. The Petrograd years (1917-1922): ""I have singed my wings ... "" ; 2. The roots of all-unity (1): Catholicism and Revelation of the Blessed Angela ; 3. The roots of all-unity (2): Nicholas of Cusa; 4. The early essays (1919-1922); 5. Conclusion |
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THREE: The Flames of Love and Knowledge1. Noctes Petropolitanae: love and temptation; 2. Expulsion; 3. On First Principles (1921-1925); 4. Conclusion; FOUR: The Symphonic Face of Lev Karsavin: From History to Politics; 1. Bread, butter and-metaphysics in exile (1924-1926); 2. The Philosophy of History (1921-1923); 3. Karsavin and the Eurasian movement (1926-1930); 4. Conclusion; FIVE: Personhood as the True Countenance of Being; 1. The move to Lithuania; 2. On Personhood (1928); 3. The correspondence with Wetter (1940); SIX: "Strength made perfect in weakness." |
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1. From occupation to deportation (1940-1949)2. Karsavin's Lithuanian and camp works; 3. Coda: Karsavin's years in Abez and Anatoly Vaneev (1950-1952); SEVEN: Epilogue: Karsavin Today; 1. Prelude; 2. Eastern and Western theology yesterday and today; 3. Conclusion; Bibliography; 1. Works by Lev Karsavin; 2. Works by Other Authors; Abbreviations for Selected Works by Karsavin; Appendix: Karsavin's Poem on Death (1931); Index |
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""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 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Karsavin, L. P. (Lev Platonovich), 1882-1952.
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Karsavin, L. P. (Lev Platonovich), 1882-1952 |
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Philosophers -- Russia -- 20th century -- Biography
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Authors, Russian -- 20th century -- Biography
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Historians -- Russia -- 20th century -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Philosophers.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Essays.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Reference.
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Authors, Russian
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Historians
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Philosophers
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Russia
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Biographies
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012285834 |
| ISBN |
9401209146 |
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9789401209144 |
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