Berdyaev, Nikolai
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- A well-reasoned and superbly translated discussion of complex societal and religious issues of history
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The Meaning of History
Nikolai Berdyaev
Manufacturer: Transaction Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 1412804973 |
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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.
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- Good intentions, too bad not getting there
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Personality, Spirit, and Ethics: The Ethics of Nicholas Berdyaev
Howard Alexander Slaatte
Manufacturer: Peter Lang Publishing
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0820436712 |
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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.
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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.
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Slavery and Freedom
Nikolai Berdyaev
Manufacturer: Scribner
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0684717115 |
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Slavery & Freedom
Nikolai Berdyaev
Manufacturer: SCRIBNERS
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000SHX7WS |
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Beginning and the End
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Berdyaev
Manufacturer: Bles
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0713800771
Release Date: 1952-01-01 |
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- Bradley, Francis Herbert
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- Buber, Martin
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