Vasilii Rozanov and the Creation The Edenic Vision and the Rejection of Eschatology

by Ure, Adam

• ISBN13: 9781441154941
• ISBN10: 1441154949
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-07-28
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

This book provides the first detailed study in English of the relgious philosophy of Vasilii Rozanov, one of the most influential and controversial thinkers of Russia's Silver Age. It examines his subversion of traditional Russian Orthodoxy, including his reverence for the Creation, his focus on the family, and his worship of sex. Rozanov is one of the towering figures of Russian culture, a major influence on thinkers and writers such as Bakhtin, Maiakovskii, and Mandel´shtam, as well as many European writers. He critiqued Orthodox theology, and wrote extensively on philosophy, literature, and politics, and helped reform marriage and divorce laws. His enormous contribution to Russian thought has been largely neglected, and much of his work has been misunderstood. Ure addresses this by examining the basis of Rozanov's religious philosophy, the Creation of the Earth and the Book of Genesis.

Table of Contents

 Introduction  Chapter 1      Rozanov's God: Creation and Eschatology Chapter 2      Rozanov and Christ Chapter 3      Rozanov and Ancient Egypt Chapter 4      Rozanov and the Jews: Creation and the Everyday  Chapter 5      The Aesthetics of Creation Chapter 6      Putting Creation into Practice: Rozanov's Opavshelistika  Conclusion     Paradise Lost: Rozanov and the Philosophy of Life Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:#0400;mso-fareast-language:#0400;mso-bidi-language:#0400;}