Berdyaev, Nikolai

The Meaning of History
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A well-reasoned and superbly translated discussion of complex societal and religious issues of history
The Meaning of History
Nikolai Berdyaev
Manufacturer: Transaction Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1412804973

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5 out of 5 stars A well-reasoned and superbly translated discussion of complex societal and religious issues of history.......2006-04-03

Now with a new introduction by Professor of Russian Maria Nemcova Banerjee, The Meaning Of History is a philosophical treatise by intellectual Nikolai Berdyaev, witness to two world wars, who survived arrest for political suspicion first by Czarist and then by Bolshevik police, who died in exile in France in 1948 doggedly pursuing his studies and analysis to the end. Observing the philosophy of history as a field that formed the foundations of Russian national consciousness, Berdyaev discusses celestial and metaphysical as well as mundane history, the role of Judaism and Jews in Russian history ("Semitism has been grafted on to the Christian spirit and is indispensable to its destiny. The theme of dualistic messianism, which first appears in Jewish history, has become that of universal history"), the Renaissance and Humanism, and much more. A well-reasoned and superbly translated discussion of complex societal and religious issues of history in general, and Russian history in particular.
Personality, Spirit, and Ethics: The Ethics of Nicholas Berdyaev
Average customer rating: 1 out of 5 stars
  • Good intentions, too bad not getting there
Personality, Spirit, and Ethics: The Ethics of Nicholas Berdyaev
Howard Alexander Slaatte
Manufacturer: Peter Lang Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0820436712

Book Description

Personality, Spirit, and Ethics presents an existential personalist approach to the ethics of Nicholas Berdyaev, using expositions of his basic views and ethical extentions relative to his general philosophy and pro-religious outlook. This book presents a dialectical perspective of cardinal issues in understanding Berdyaev's ethical principles in relation to personal and social life.

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Good intentions, too bad not getting there.......2001-06-26

I acquired with great hopes the book of Professor Emeritus Slaatte, because part of my own ongoing work covers Berdiaev, beside a few other important thinker figures. However, I must say that Prof. Slaatte's book turned out to be a disappointment. Despite the evidently good intentions of the author, he does not really get "there". This is to be regretted all the more, because the Index of the book is promising and consists of very relevant Berdiaevian entries, and because Prof. Slaatte's reading approach involves a multitude of detailed references to pages in Berdiaev's books.

For this or that reason, Prof. Slaatte's book does not really go into the thought of Berdiaev but somehow stays gliding in the surface. I see it as possible that Prof. Slaatte's own frame of reference is too different to allow ascent or descent into Berdiaev's sphere. The part of Berdiaev's ample production that Prof. Slaatte goes through is also limited. I find the best book on Berdiaev to be the one by Olivier Clement's, but it is only available in French, albeit in an edition that is not sold out by far.
Slavery and Freedom
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    Slavery and Freedom
    Nikolai Berdyaev
    Manufacturer: Scribner
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Paperback
    ASIN: 0684717115
    Berdyaev's philosophy of hope;: A contribution to Marxist-Christian dialogue,
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      Berdyaev's philosophy of hope;: A contribution to Marxist-Christian dialogue,
      Carnegie Samuel Calian
      Manufacturer: Augsburg Pub. House
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Unknown Binding

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      ASIN: B0006BYWEI
      Rebellious prophet: A life of Nicolai Berdyaev
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        Rebellious prophet: A life of Nicolai Berdyaev
        Donald Alexander Lowrie
        Manufacturer: V. Gollancz
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Unknown Binding
        ASIN: B0006DA78Q
        Slavery & Freedom
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          Slavery & Freedom
          Nikolai Berdyaev
          Manufacturer: SCRIBNERS
          ProductGroup: Book
          Binding: Paperback
          ASIN: B000SHX7WS
          An apostle of freedom: life and teachings of Nicolas Berdyaev
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            An apostle of freedom: life and teachings of Nicolas Berdyaev
            Michel Alexander Vallon
            Manufacturer: Philosophical Library
            ProductGroup: Book
            Binding: Unknown Binding
            ASIN: B0006D97OQ
            Beginning and the End
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              Beginning and the End
              Nikolai Aleksandrovich Berdyaev
              Manufacturer: Bles
              ProductGroup: Book
              Binding: Hardcover
              ASIN: 0713800771
              Release Date: 1952-01-01
              Two Russian Thinkers: An Essay in Berdyaev and Shestov
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                Two Russian Thinkers: An Essay in Berdyaev and Shestov
                James C.S. Wernham
                Manufacturer: University of Toronto Press
                ProductGroup: Book
                Binding: Hardcover
                ASIN: 0802051960
                Christian existentialism;: A Berdyaev anthology
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                  Christian existentialism;: A Berdyaev anthology
                  Nikolai Berdiaev
                  Manufacturer: G. Allen & Unwin
                  ProductGroup: Book
                  Binding: Unknown Binding
                  ASIN: B0006D67XK

                  Philosophers:

                  1. Bergmann, Gustav
                  2. Berkeley, George
                  3. Berlin, Isaiah
                  4. Blaga, Lucian
                  5. Boehme, Jacob
                  6. Boethius
                  7. Bolzano, Bernard
                  8. Bradley, Francis Herbert
                  9. Brentano, Franz
                  10. Buber, Martin

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