Reformulating Russia [[electronic resource] ] : the cultural and intellectual historiography of Russian first-wave emigré writers / / by Kare Johan Mjor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456268803321
• Autore: Mjør Kåre Johan
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-16107-9; 9786613161079; 90-04-20954-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (340 p.)
• Collana: Russian history and culture, , 1877-7791 ; ; v. 7
• Disciplina: 947.0072
• Soggetti: Christian saints - Russia - Historiography; Theology - Russia - Historiography; Philosophy, Russian - Historiography; Russian literature - Foreign countries - History and criticism; Electronic books.; Russia Intellectual life Historiography; Russia Civilization Historiography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material / K. J. Mjør -- Introduction / K. J. Mjør -- Chapter One. Russia Abroad / K. J. Mjør -- Chapter Two. Writing Russian History / K. J. Mjør -- Chapter Three. Georgii Fedotov And The Saints Of Ancient Russia / K. J. Mjør -- Chapter Four. Georgii Florovskii And The Ways Of Russian Theology / K. J. Mjør -- Chapter Five. Nikolai Berdiaev And The Russian Idea / K. J. Mjør -- Chapter Six. Vasilii Zenkovskii And The History Of Russian Philosophy / K. J. Mjør -- Concluding Remarks / K. J. Mjør -- Bibliography / K. J. Mjør -- Index / K. J. Mjør.
• Sommario/riassunto: Georgii Fedotov’s Saints of Ancient Russia , Georgii Florovskii’s The Ways of Russian Theology , Nikolai Berdiaev’s The Russian Idea and Vasilii Zenkovskii’s History of Russian Philosophy —these are among the most well-known and widely-read historical studies of Russian thought and culture. Having left their homeland after the Bolshevik ; Revolution, these four authors aimed to present their readers with a common past and thus with a common identity, and their historical works emerged out of the need for reorientation in a post-revolutionary, émigré situation. At the same time, they were to elaborate highly contrasting versions of the Russian past. By means of in-depth narrative and contextual analyses, Reformulating Russia provides a detailed examination of the visions of Russia contained in these four works.