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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818322003321

Autore

Mjr Kare Johan

Titolo

Reformulating Russia : the cultural and intellectual historiography of Russian first-wave emigre writers / / by Kare Johan Mjor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011

ISBN

9789004209541

9789004192867

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

Russia Intellectual life Historiography

Russia Civilization Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based on print version 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.