{"product_id":"the-life-and-thought-of-lev-karsavin-strength-made-perfect-in-weakness-9789042036468","title":"The Life and Thought of Lev Karsavin:  Strength made perfect in weakness…","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“At last, Russia has begun to speak in a truly original voice.” So said Anatoly Vaneev, a Soviet dissident who became Karsavin’s disciple in the Siberian gulag where the philosopher spent his last two years. The book traces the unusual trajectory of this inspiring voice: Karsavin started his career as Russia’s brightest historian of Catholic mysticism; however, his radical methods – which were far ahead of their time – shocked his conservative colleagues. The shock continued when Karsavin turned to philosophy, writing flamboyant and dense essays in a polyphonic style, which both Marxists and religious traditionalists found provocative. There was no let-up after he was expelled by Lenin from Soviet Russia: in exile, he became a leading theorist in the Eurasian political movement, combining Orthodox theology with a left-wing political orientation. Finally, Karsavin found stability when he was invited to teach history in Lithuania: there he spent twenty years reworking his philosophy, before suffering the German and Soviet invasions of his new homeland, and then deportation and death. Clearing away misunderstandings and putting the work and life in context, this book shows how Karsavin made an original contribution to European philosophy, inter-religious dialogue, Orthodox and Catholic theology, and the understanding of history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e”very thorough… Rubin’s book is an admirable contribution to the scholarly literature on Russian religious philosophy.” in: The Russian Review, Vol. 72, No. 4, October 2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Diagrams Preface The Making of a Metaphysical Historian Prelude: Who was Lev Karsavin? Early life (1882–1901) Scholarly beginnings and first crisis (1902–1915) The Foundations of Medieval Religiosity (1915–1916) Karsavin, historical Christianity and FMR A Theology Unfolds The Petrograd years (1917–1922): “I have singed my wings . . .” The roots of all-unity (1): Catholicism and Revelation of the Blessed Angela The roots of all-unity (2): Nicholas of Cusa The early essays (1919–1922) Conclusion The Flames of Love and Knowledge Noctes Petropolitanae: love and temptation Expulsion On First Principles (1921–1925) Conclusion The Symphonic Face of Lev Karsavin: From History to Politics Bread, butter and—metaphysics in exile (1924–1926) The Philosophy of History (1921–1923) Karsavin and the Eurasian movement (1926–1930) Conclusion Personhood as the True Countenance of Being The move to Lithuania On Personhood (1928) The correspondence with Wetter (1940) “Strength made perfect in weakness . . .” From occupation to deportation (1940–1949) Karsavin’s Lithuanian and camp works Coda: Karsavin’s years in Abez and Anatoly Vaneev (1950–1952) Epilogue: Karsavin Today Prelude Eastern and Western theology yesterday and today Conclusion Bibliography Works by Lev Karsavin Works by Other Authors Abbreviations for Selected Works by Karsavin Appendix: Karsavin’s Poem on Death (1931) Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210918945111,"sku":"9789042036468","price":137.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-life-and-thought-of-lev-karsavin-strength-made-perfect-in-weakness-9789042036468","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}