Man between Sacrum and Profanum in Russian Philosophy in 20th Century

The book treats philosophical ideas of human freedom, the values of truth, idea of man, sacrum/profanum, as well as philosophical and ethics concepts called higher cultural synthesis works in L. P. Karsavin, A. F. Losev and others. The aim is to reflect their ethical impact on Slavs and on the Slovak society.

The title of monograph is meant to express the essential possibility to adopt different worldviews in the philosophical cognition of man. In the given part, we want to point out the alternatives of materialistic and religious approach that have found their dramatic expression in the Russian philosophical space. Individual anthropological ideas originated be it explicitly or implicitly as constituents and outcomes of the conict between the two opposing worldview orientations. The Russian philosophical environment of the 20th century can be perceived as a historically realized philosophical experiment that explained the starting points, possibilities and impacts of both approaches. A reection of the acquired historical experience can also help today's person to consider various worldview alternatives in a more competent way. The experience of Russian philosophy conrms and concretizes the assumption that the worldview decision determines to a great extent the direction and character of the philosophical cognition of man.

Autorentext

Jaromir Feber specializes in the subject of Russian philosophy, political philosophy and ethics, philosophy of history and integral anthropology. He studied at the University of Saint Petersburg, where he defended his dissertation thesis interpretation of work of S. L. Frank, N. A. Berdyaev, A. A. Ermicev. He is the author of several studies, monographs about Náboenská filozofie S. L. Franka (2005), Metodologické poznámky nejen ke studiu ruské náboenské filozofie (2007), and co-author of several collective monographs. Now he is teaching in Department of Ethics, Faculty of Arts, University of Trnava. Helena Hrehova specializes (in Slovak professional milieu) in the history of Russian philosophical thinking and its consequences in the fields of philosophy, ethics, culture, social sphere, history and moral theology. As an expert on Russian religious thought (see previously published literature in medium of monograph), expert on the work of V. S. Solovyov, Vyseslavcev (she defended dissertation thesis at Pontificia Universitas Gregoriana in Rome in 1995 and published it in Italian in 1997 under the title Il personalismo etico in Eros trasfigurato di B. P. Vyseslavcev nel contesto della morale ortodossa russa), as well as S. L. Frank, P. Evdokimov, L. P. Karsavin, B. Arsenyev, A. Men, is guarantee of specialized and high professional level of the planned research. Peter Rusnák is teaching staff in the Department of Ethics, Faculty of Arts, University of Trnava. He specializes in the subject of history of moral philosophy, modern Russian thought, philosophy of education, environmental ethics and comparing ethical systems. He is the author of several studies, monographs Pravda, veda, symbol (2008), ítanie z Heideggera (2013) and co-author of the collective monograph Fenomén krásy v slovanskom myslení (2011).

Inhalt

Slavic ideas such ethics reflection on the sacrum/profanum about society and freedom Philosophical reflection in the works of prominent representatives of Russian philosophical thought 20th century Current reception in Slavic thinking, namely in Slovakia Modern interpretations of works Russian authors