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The Meaning of History (Hardcover)
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In her brilliant new opening essay, Banerjee says of Berdyaev "he
was never more than a curious but unwelcome guest in history. He
fearlessly engaged it on the level of ideas while remaining alien
to its means and ends, gifted with an incurable longing for
transcendence." Witness to two world wars, Berdyaev observed the
destruction of established cultures in the traumatic birth of new
systems. Arrested on political suspicion-by Czarist and then by
Bolshevik police he died in exile in France in 1948, carrying forth
his intellectual work until the end. Berdyaev considered the
philosophy of history as a field that laid the foundations of the
Russian national consciousness. Its disputes were centered on
distinctions between Slavophiles and Westerners, East and West. The
Meaning of History was an early effort, following World War I, that
attempted to revive this perspective. With the removal of Communism
as a ruling system in Russia, that nation returned to an
elaboration of a religious philosophy of history as the specific
mission of Russian thought. This volume thus has contemporary
significance. Its sense of the apocalypse, which distinguishes
Russian from Western thought, gives the book its specifically
religious character. In order to grasp and oppose the complex
phenomenon of social and cultural disintegration, Berdyaev shows
that human beings must rely upon some internal dialectic. After the
debacle of the war, the moment arrived to integrate Russian
historical experiences into those of a Europe, which, although torn
by schism, still claimed to be the descendant of Christendom. The
book is remarkable for its powerful stylistic grace, and
astonishingly contemporary feeling.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2017 |
First published: |
2006 |
Authors: |
Daniel Pipes
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
252 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-53673-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
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LSN: |
1-138-53673-3 |
Barcode: |
9781138536739 |
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