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Book SynopsisRussian Philosophy in the Twenty-First Century: An Anthology provides the English-speaking world with access to post-Soviet philosophic thought in Russia for the first time. The Anthology presents the fundamental range of contemporary philosophical problems in the works of prominent Russian thinkers. In contrast to the “single-mindedness” of Soviet-era philosophers and the bias toward Orthodox Christianity of émigré philosophers, it offers to its readers the authors’ plurality of different positions in widely diverse texts. Here one finds strictly academic philosophical works and those in an applied, pragmatic format—secular and religious—that are dedicated to complex social and political matters, to pressing cultural topics or insights into international terrorism, as well as to contemporary science and global challenges.
Table of Contents From the Editors Foreword: Russian Philosophy as Anthology Alyssa DeBlasio Anatolii Akhutin Homo Europaeus Anatolii Akhutin Alexander Chumakov Historical and Philosophical Aspects of Global Studies in the Modern Scientific System Alexander Chumakov David Dubrovskii Solving the Mind-Body Problem: Thomas Nagel’s Article, “Conceiving the Impossible and the Mind-Body Problem,” Revisited David Dubrovskii Mikhail Epstein From Analysis to Synthesis: conceiving a Transformative Metaphysics for the Twenty-first Century Mikhail Epstein Valentina Fedotova Terrorism: an Attempt at Conceptualization Valentina Fedotova Fedor Girenok On Culture’s Turn to Nonconceptual Thinking Fedor Girenok Aleksei Griakalov Philosophy of the Event and Hermeneutics of Memory: evidence of Assertion Aleksei Griakalov Boris Groys Becoming Cosmic Boris Groys Pavel Gurevich The Theme of Man in Russian Philosophy Pavel Gurevich Sergey Horujy Synergic Anthropology: foundations, Goals, Results Sergey Horujy Vladimir Kantor The Problem of Posthumous Existence from Plato to Dostoyevsky: “Bobok,” a Short Story by Dostoyevsky Vladimir Kantor Igor’ Kliamkin Demilitarization as a Historical and Cultural Issue Igor’ Kliamkin Vladimir Kutyrev Philosophy for and by Humans Vladimir Kutyrev Boris Markov The Image of “The Other”: xenophobia and Xenophilia Boris Markov Vadim Mezhuev Russia in Search of Its Civilizational Identity Vadim Mezhuev Alexander Nikiforov The Value of Science Alexander Nikiforov Valery Podoroga What Does One Really Mean by Asking: “What Is Philosophy?” Valery Podoroga Nikolai Rozov The Cyclical Dynamics in Russian History Nikolai Rozov Mikhail Sergeev The Enlightenment Project: reflections on the National Identity of US Americans Mikhail Sergeev Natalya Shelkovaia Friedrich Nietzsche on the Way of Recurrence to Oneself Natalya Shelkovaia Karen Swassjan Theologia Heterodoxa Karen Swassjan Index
