Oppo Lev Shestov

The Philosophy and Works of a Tragic Thinker
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-64469-469-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 346 Seiten

This study spans, in a single monograph, the entire life and work of the Russian philosopher Lev Shestov (1866-1938). It offers essential keys to understanding his thought, while also tracing the historical itinerary and influence of his work both in Russia and in Europe.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oppo, Andrea

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Existenzphilosophie, Lebensphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Editorial Notes
IntroductionPart One: Shestov in RussiaChapter I: The Philosophy of Tragedy (1898–1905)1.1 Introduction: The Birth of a Tragic Conscience
1.2 Shestov before Shestov: Shakespeare and Pushkin
1.3 Tolstoi’s Struggle between “Yasnaya Polyana” and “Astapovo”
1.4 Friedrich Nietzsche: Truth against Morality
1.5 Dostoevskii and Nietzsche as “Philosophers of the Underground”
1.6 Apotheosis of “Bespochvennost'”: Towards a Philosophy of Tragedy Chapter II: Art as Negativity—The Literary Criticism Years (1901–1910)2.1 Introduction: Shestov and the Philosophical Problem of Art
2.2 Aestheticism and Ideology: On Merezhkovskii and Turgenev
2.3 Creatio ex Nihilo: Chekhov’s Aesthetics
2.4 The “Oracular” Gratuity of Sologub’s Prose and Poetry
2.5 Ibsen and the Destiny of Art
2.6 Retracting Tragedy: Dostoevskii as an Essayist
2.7 The “Magnificent” Vyacheslav Ivanov Part Two: Shestov in France Chapter III: Wandering Through the Souls (1914–1929)3.1 Introduction: The Events of History—Shestov’s Political Views
3.2 The Power of Keys: Faith and Church in Martin Luther
3.3 The Two Histories of Western Philosophy
3.4 The Fight against Self-Evidences: Dostoevskii, Pascal, and Spinoza
3.5 Philosophy’s Revolt against Itself: Plotinus’s Ecstasies
3.6 Audacities and Submissions: Shestov’s Intellectual World
3.7 Shestov and the Russian Philosophers Chapter IV: Athens and Jerusalem—The Logic and the Thunder (1930–1938)4.1 Introduction: Shestov as a “Jewish Philosopher”
4.2 The Bible and the Original Sin: In Dialogue with Martin Buber
4.3 The Last Encounter: Kierkegaard
4.4 Étienne Gilson and the Spirit of Medieval Philosophy
4.5 Philosophers in Chains: At the Sources of Metaphysics Conclusion1. Reception and Legacy of Shestov’s Philosophy
2. The Question of Irrationalism and of “Antiphilosophy”
3. The (Neo-)Platonic Paradigm: Shestov’s “Third Sailing”
4. Afterword: Reading between the LinesAppendices1. Shestov and Husserl
2. Shestov and Berdyaev
3. Shestov and FondaneBibliography and Works Cited1. Shestov’s WorksA.1 Books
A.2 Articles and Correspondence2. Selected Studies on ShestovB.1 Biographies, Memoirs, Specific Journals, and Bibliographies
B.2 Books on Shestov
B.3 Articles and Book Chapters on Shestov3. Further References Index

Über Autor(innen)

Oppo Andrea:
Andrea Oppo is Professor of Contemporary Philosophy at the Pontifical Faculty of Theology of Sardinia (Italy). He is the editor of Shapes of Apocalypse: Arts and Philosophy in Slavic Thought (Boston, 2013), and the author of Philosophical Aesthetics and Samuel Beckett (Oxford, 2008) and of numerous articles on the relationship between philosophy and the arts in the twentieth century.Andrea Oppo is Professor of Contemporary Philosophy at the Pontifical Faculty of Theology of Sardinia (Italy). He is the editor of Shapes of Apocalypse: Arts and Philosophy in Slavic Thought (Boston, 2013), and the author of Philosophical Aesthetics and Samuel Beckett (Oxford, 2008) and of numerous articles on the relationship between philosophy and the arts in the twentieth century.