Philosophy of economy : the world as household / Sergei Bulgakov ; translated, edited, and with an introduction by Catherine Evtuhov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bulgakov, Sergiĭ, 1871-1944.

Contributor:

Evtuhov, Catherine.

Series:

Russian literature and thought.

Russian literature and thought

Standardized Title:

Filosofiia khoziaistva. English

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Economics--Philosophy.

Economics.

Philosophy, Russian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (vii, 347 p.).)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The writings of Sergei Bulgakov (1871-1944), like those of other major social thinkers of Russia's Silver Age, were obliterated from public consciousness under Soviet rule. Discovered again after eighty years of silence, Bulgakov's work speaks with remarkable directness to the postmodern listener. This outstanding translation of Philosophy of Economy brings to English-language speakers for the first time a major work of social theory written by a critical figure in the Russian tradition of liberal thought. What is unique about Bulgakov, Catherine Evtuhov explains in her introduction to this book, is that he bridges two worlds. His social thought is firmly based in the Western tradition, yet some of his ideas reflect a specifically Russian way of thinking about society. Though arguing strenuously in favor of political and social liberty, Bulgakov repudiates the individualistic basis of Western liberalism in favor of a conception of human dignity that is compatible with collectivity. His economic theory stresses the spiritual content of life in the world and imagines national life as a kind of giant household. Bulgakov's work, with its singularly postmodern balance between Western and non-Western, offers fascinating implications for those in the process of reevaluating ideologies in post-Soviet Russia and in America as well.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Introduction

Preface

1. The Problem of the Philosophy of Economy

2. The Natural-Philosophical Bases of the Theory of Economy

3. The Significance of the Basic Economic Functions

4. On the Transcendental Subject of Economy

5. The Nature of Science

6. Economy as a Synthesis of Freedom and Necessity

7. The Limits of Social Determinism

8. The Phenomenology of Economy

9. Economic Materialism as a Philosophy of Economy

Notes

Glossary of Greek Terms

Glossary of Names

Index

Notes:

Translated from the Russian.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-327) and index.

ISBN:

9786611731151

9781281731159

1281731153

9780300132854

0300132859

OCLC:

1024003235

Publisher Number:

9780300079906