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Alexandre Kojève and the Specters of Russian Philosophy by Trevor Wilson (2024, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorthwestern University Press
ISBN-100810147793
ISBN-139780810147799
eBay Product ID (ePID)4068273758
Product Key Features
Number of Pages208 Pages
Publication NameAlexandre Kojève and the Specters of Russian Philosophy
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2024
SubjectRussia & the Former Soviet Union, Individual Philosophers, General, History & Surveys / Modern
TypeTextbook
AuthorTrevor Wilson
Subject AreaPhilosophy, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight9.8 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2024-024710
Reviews"In this fine and learned new book, Trevor Wilson adroitly addresses to what extent was Kojève influenced by various Russian intellectuals and political actors rather than just Hegel, Marx, Heidegger, and the Greeks. Wilson surveys a broad and impressive array of sources and scholarship to identify Kojève's Russian roots, and his argument merits serious consideration for anyone hoping to understand this most fascinating twentieth-century philosopher. Indeed, this book will certainly command the attention of English, French, and Russian scholars when it comes to ascertaining accurately Kojève's philosophic pedigree and the wide-ranging influence he continues to generate today."--Bryan-Paul Frost, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, "An impressive work that reflects and engages with sustained and solid scholarship, Alexandre Kojève and the Specters of Russian Philosophy lucidly presents a fascinating and unique piece of intellectual history."--Henry Pickford, Duke University
Table Of ContentIntroduction Chapter 1. Faith and Atheism Chapter 2. Desire and its Others Chapter 3. Stalin's Hegel, Kojève's Napoleon Chapter 4. Loose Ends of History Conclusion: Specters of Kojève
SynopsisAlexandre Kojève and the Specters of Russian Philosophy analyzes Kojève's role in a transnational exchange of ideas between Eastern and Western European intellectuals in the twentieth century, as well as its legacy in the twenty-first., Recounts Koj ève's key role in the pivotal exchange of ideas between Eastern and Western European intellectuals in the early twentieth century This book shines critical new light on the story of Alexandre Kojève's intellectual origins and his role in the emigration of Russian philosophy into the West in the early twentieth century. Trevor Wilson illustrates how Kojève, at once adversarial to the insular communities of émigré philosophy and yet dependent on their networks and ideas for professional success, navigated the specters of the Russian tradition in pursuit of an autonomous self-definition as a philosopher and intellectual. Alexandre Kojève and the Specters of Russian Philosophy analyzes the philosopher's complicated relationship to the interwar diaspora and the complex role played by the Russian tradition in his intellectual formation. Wilson examines Kojève's early writings in the émigré press on Russian religious philosophy, Soviet politics, and Eurasianism and argues for their enduring relevance for understanding Kojève in his mature period. Crucially, he contextualizes Kojève's famed seminars on Hegel and examines how Kojève's thought became embedded in the politics of the Cold War. Based on newly transcribed and translated archival material, he highlights a previously unacknowledged, transnational exchange of ideas between Eastern and Western European intellectuals and shows how it played a pivotal role in twentieth-century intellectual history--and its legacy in the twenty-first.
LC Classification NumberB2430.K654W55 2024
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