Berdyaev’s Philosophy of History An Existentialist Theory of Social Creativity and Eschatology
BERDYAEV AS A PHILOSOPHER How shall a non-Russian, above all a North American, assimilate the extraordinary assemblage of ideas which is Berdyaev's philosophy? Dr. Richardson does not exaggerate the difficulties. And he introduces us with great care (and what a formidable task it must have been...
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| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1968, 1968
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1968 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I: Berdyaev’s Philosophy of History
- A. Introduction
- B. The “historical” and the philosophy of history
- C. Philosophy of history and metaphysics of history
- D. The philosophy of history and the end of history
- E. Philosophy of history in respect to time
- F. Philosophy of history and the doctrine of godmanhood
- G. Summary
- II: Godmanhood, Freedom and Philosophy of History
- A. Introduction
- B. The doctrine of godmanhood
- C. Godmanhood and the freedom of man
- D. Some consequences of the doctrine of godmanhood
- E. Summary
- III: Existentialism: A Personalist Philosophy of History
- A. Introduction
- B. Personalism: the existent and the ego
- C. Personality is spirit: an existentialism of spirit
- D. Personality: the concrete and universal existent
- E. Personality and existence not isolated from the thou and the we
- F. Personality: the microcosm
- G. Summary
- IV: Epistemology and Philosophy of History Conclusion
- A. Introduction
- B. The rejection of the subject-object relationship
- C. Knowledge not anti-rational, but super-rational
- D. Knowledge an identity
- E. True knowing is communal in character
- F. True knowing is loving and creative in character
- G. Image, symbol and mystical experience: concrete and creative knowing
- H. Summary
- Conclusion
- Bibliography of Sources