What the God-seekers found in Nietzsche : the reception of Nietzsche's Übermensch by the philosophers of the Russian religio

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At the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century, a large and varied group of the Russian intelligentsia became fascinated by Friedrich Nietzsche, whose provocative ideas inspired many of them to overcome obsolete traditions and to create new values. Paradoxically, the German philosopher, who vigorously challenged the established Christian worldview, invigorated the rich ferment of religious philosophy in the Russian Silver Age: his ideas served as a fruitful source of inspiration for the philosophers of the Russian religious renaissance, the so-calledGod-seekers, in their quest for a new religious consciousness. Especially Nietzsche’s anthropology of theÜbermenschwas instrumental in their reformulation of Christianity. This book explores how three pivotal figures in the Russian religious reception of Nietzsche, i.e. Vladimir Soloviev, Dmitri Merezhkovsky and Nikolai Berdiaev, engaged in a vacillating yet highly prolific debate with Nietzsche and how each of them appropriated his anthropology of theÜbermenschin their religious philosophy. In order to explain Merezhkovsky's and Berdiaev’s assessment of Nietzsche, the author highlights the significance of Dostoevskii: only by reading Nietzsche through the prism of Dostoievsky could bothGod-seekerspin down the religious ramifications of Nietzsche’s thought. This book will be of interest to anyone fascinated by Nietzsche, Dostoievsky, Russian religious philosophy or Russian history of ideas.
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Berdi︠a︡ev
Dmitry Serge
Dmitry Sergeyevich
Dostoyevsky
Friedrich Wilhelm
Fyodor
Grillaert
Merezhkovsky
Nel
Nietzsche
Nikolai
Solovyov
Vladimir Sergeyevich - Language
- English
- Series
- Studies in Slavic literature and poetics 50
- ISBN
- 9781435695351
- Release date
- 2008