| Boris Vysheslavtsev | |
|---|---|
| Born | Boris Petrovich Vysheslavtsev October 1877 Moscow, Russian Empire |
| Died | October 5, 1954 (aged 76) Geneva, Switzerland |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Russian philosophy |
| School | Russian Religious Renaissance |
Boris Petrovich Vysheslavtsev (Russian: Бори́с Петро́вич Вышесла́вцев; 1877– October 5, 1954) was a Russian philosopher who belonged to the Russian Silver Age and Renaissance of Religion and Philosophy.
Life
He did his doctorate on Fichte in 1914 and became a lecturer, later professor in the philosophy of law at Moscow University. In September 1922, he became one of a group of prominent writers, scholars and intellectuals who were sent into forced exile on the so-called "philosophers' ships". He emigrated first to Berlin, then in 1924 to Paris. He spent most of his life at the Orthodox Theological Institute. While in Paris, he published the book The Ethics of a Transfigured Eros (1931). This book deals with the Christianisation of Freudian sublimation and is universally considered Vysheslavtsev's best work. He is noted for an attempt to apply concepts of depth psychology to ethics and to the interpretation of Christian doctrine.
During World War II, Vysheslavtsev collaborated with the Nazis, helping them write anti-Soviet propaganda. After the war, he fled to Switzerland to avoid prosecution.
Books
Available in English translation:
- The Eternal in Russian Philosophy. Translated by Penelope V. Burt. Grand Rapids, MI, and Cambridge, U.K.: Eerdmans, 2002.
Further reading
- Crone, Anna Lisa (2010). Eros and Creativity in Russian Religious Renewal: The Philosophers and the Freudians. Russian History and Culture. Vol. 3. Netherlands: Brill Publishers. ISBN 978-9004180055.
- Lossky, N.O. (1951). "B. Vysheslavtsev". History of Russian Philosophy. New York: International Universities Press Inc. ISBN 978-0-8236-8074-0.
References
- ^ Blagova, Tatiana. “Boris Vysheslavtsev on the Russian National Character.” New Zealand Slavonic Journal, 1999, pp. 203–216.
- Dr Matthew Raphael Johnson. "he Orthodox Nationalist: Boris Vysheslavtsev". Radio Albion. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- Mikhail Maslin (ed.) История русской философии: Учебник для вузов. Под редакцией Маслина М.А. М.: Республика, 2001. — 639 с. ISBN 5-250-01811-4
- David Vincent Meconi. "The Eternal in Russian Philosophy ". Review of Metaphysics. 57 (1): 183–184. ISSN 0034-6632.
- Crone A. L. Eros and Creativity in Russian Religious Renewal. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2010.
- Голович, Радое. Философия преображенного Эроса и метафизика сердца Б. П. Вышеславцева : диссертация ... кандидата философских наук : 09.00.03. - Москва, 2003. - 176 с.
- Левицкий С. А. «Борис Петрович Вышеславцев» С. 6-7 (Из книги Вышеславцев Б. П. Сочинения / Сост. и прим. Сапов В. В. Вступ. статья Левицкий С. А. — М.:Раритет, 1995. — 461 с. — (Библиотека духовного возрождения). ISBN 5-85735-022-0, ISBN 5-85735-012-3)
External links
- James P. Scanlan. "Vysheslavtsev, Boris Petrovich" article in the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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