Reformulating Russia : : the cultural and intellectual historiography of Russian first-wave emigre writers / / by Kare Johan Mjor.

• Superior document: Russian history and culture, v. 7
• Author: Mjr, Kare Johan.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Russian history and culture ; v. 7.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (340 p.)
• Notes: Description based on print version record.

Georgii Fedotov’s Saints of Ancient Russia , Georgii Florovskii’s The Ways of Russian Theology , Nikolai Berdiaev’s The Russian Idea and Vasilii Zenkovskii’s History of Russian Philosophy —these are among the most well-known and widely-read historical studies of Russian thought and culture. Having left their homeland after the Bolshevik Revolution, these four authors aimed to present their readers with a common past and thus with a common identity, and their historical works emerged out of the need for reorientation in a post-revolutionary, émigré situation. At the same time, they were to elaborate highly contrasting versions of the Russian past. By means of in-depth narrative and contextual analyses, Reformulating Russia provides a detailed examination of the visions of Russia contained in these four works.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / K. J. Mjør -- Introduction / K. J. Mjør -- Chapter One. Russia Abroad / K. J. Mjør -- Chapter Two. Writing Russian History / K. J. Mjør -- Chapter Three. Georgii Fedotov And The Saints Of Ancient Russia / K. J. Mjør -- Chapter Four. Georgii Florovskii And The Ways Of Russian Theology / K. J. Mjør -- Chapter Five. Nikolai Berdiaev And The Russian Idea / K. J. Mjør -- Chapter Six. Vasilii Zenkovskii And The History Of Russian Philosophy / K. J. Mjør -- Concluding Remarks / K. J. Mjør -- Bibliography / K. J. Mjør -- Index / K. J. Mjør.