Philosophy in Imperial Russia's Theological Academies / Thomas Nemeth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nemeth, Thomas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church and education--Russia--History.

Church and education.

Education, Higher--Russia--History.

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2023]

Summary:

This work is a historical study of the philosophical writings emerging from Imperial Russia's theological "academies" – Orthodoxy’s higher educational institutions that ran parallel to the secular universities – from their inception to the aftermath of the Bolshevik Revolution. Unlike with nineteenth century Russian revolutionary thought, there are few secondary studies of the philosophical works stemming from the academies. These philosophical works focused on ontology and, as such, stand in sharp contrast to the shift toward epistemology in that century as happened in Germany. Another feature of the "academy" philosophies was the continual and explicit attempt to set themselves apart from the pervasive "subjectivism" of Western philosophical systems, although a largely unacknowledged influence persisted. At no time did the academy philosophers look to rational inquiry for more than an assist in understanding their theology. Instead they appealed to tradition and to an alleged direct insight into religious truths at the expense of logic and rational argument. The ultimate result was the pecular historical insularity of their community and concomitantly a subservience to the political state, traits that persist to this day.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. The Early Kyiv and Moscow Theological Academies

Part I: Under the First Charter

Chapter 2. The St. Petersburg Academy Under the First Charter

Chapter 3. The Moscow Academy Under the First Charter

Chapter 4. The Kyiv and Kazan Academies Under the First Charter

Part II: Under the 1869 Charter

Chapter 5. The St. Petersburg Academy Under the Second Charter

Chapter 6. Philosophy at the Moscow Academy Under the Second Charter

Chapter 7. Philosophy at the Kyiv and Kazan Academies Under the Second Charter

Part III: Under the 1884 Charter

Chapter 8. Philosophy at the St. Petersburg Academy Under the Third Charter

Chapter 9. Philosophy at the Moscow Academy Under the Third Charter

Chapter 10. Philosophy at the Kyiv and Kazan Academies Under the Third Charter

Part IV: Under the 1910 Charter

Chapter 11. Philosophy at the Academies Under the Fourth Charter

Chapter 12. Concluding Remarks

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783111002866