University of St Andrews
Russian
Widely acknowledged as the most important Russian thinker of the nineteenth century, Vladimir Soloviev's place in the landscape of world philosophy nevertheless remains uncertain. Approaching him through a single synoptic lens, this book... more
- by Oliver Smith
The Russian philosopher, poet and mystic Vladimir Solov'ev (1853-1900), the father of the sophiological movement in Russian thought, remains a little known figure in the West. This article considers Solov'ev’s credentials as an... more
- by Oliver Smith
Contemporary moves toward doing theology in a ecological key have been underway now for some decades. The various achievements of Russian thought, however, still await acceptance into our conceptual apparatus for tackling such problems.... more
- by Oliver Smith
The chapter looks at the common eschatological backdrop to the essays that make up the Vekhi collection. Interpreting Bulgakov's assertion that the Russian intelligentsia have forged a kind of 'inside-out' religious faith, it explores the... more
- by Oliver Smith
The chapter explores the reception of Dostoevsky in the works of the Russian Personalists, concentrating particularly on the thought of Aleksei Kozlov. It attempts to locate the reception of Dostoevsky between apparently conflicting... more
- by Oliver Smith
The article explores the enduring influence of Sophiology, as well as similarities with later sophiological thought, in Belyiʼs Istoriia stanovleniia samosoznaiushchei dushi (ISSD). It demonstrates continuity between Belyiʼs thinking,... more
- by Oliver Smith
The article explores Sophia’s role in the thought of Vladimir Solov’ëv from the perspective of the task assigned to humanity within his system. Drawing on three metaphors used to describe Sophia in biblical, mystical and poetic literature... more
- by Oliver Smith
This chapter explores the development of the anagogical method in biblical exegesis in the Russian spiritual academies of the late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries (particularly with reference to Metropolitan Platon and his... more
- by Oliver Smith
Viktor Shklovskii (1893-1984) is best known as an inventor of Russian Formalism, the literary theorist responsible for ostranenie, defamiliarisation. Just after the 1917 Revolution, Shklovskii claimed "Tristram Shandy" to be 'the most... more