Vladimir Soloviev and the spiritualization of matter / Oliver Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Oliver, Ph. D.

Contributor:

National Endowment for the Humanities and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program, Funder.

Series:

Studies in Russian and Slavic literatures, cultures and history.

Studies in Russian and Slavic literatures, cultures and history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Solovyov, Vladimir Sergeyevich, 1853-1900.

Solovyov, Vladimir Sergeyevich.

Matter.

Spirit.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston, Mass. : Academic Studies Press, 2011.

Academic Studies Press, [2017]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While he is widely acknowledged as the most important Russian thinker of the nineteenth century, Vladimir Soloviev's place in the landscape of world philosophy nevertheless remains uncertain. Approaching him through a single synoptic lens, this book foregrounds his unique envisioning of the interaction between humanity and the material world. By investigating the development of a single theme in his work-his idea of the "spiritualization of matter", the "task" of humanity-Smith constructs a rounded picture of Soloviev's overall importance to an understanding. If nineteenth-century thought, as well as to modern theology and philosophy. The picture that emerges is of a writer whose contribution to a Christian philosophy of matter resonates with many of the religious debates of modernity.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ABBREVIATIONS USED FOR SOLOVIEV'S WORKS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

Chapter I. THE FIRST THINGS

Chapter II. HUMANITY

Chapter III. PROPHECY

Excursus. THE PRIMACY OF THE THIRD: Soul, Feeling and Reverence

Chapter IV. THE LAST THINGS

Conclusion. ON SPIRITUAL-MATERIAL UNITY

Bibliography

Principal Works Cited

Appendix. Glossary

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-295) and index.

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ISBN:

9781618117007

1618117009

9781618110008

1618110004

OCLC:

769190213