Evgenii Trubetskoi
Icon and Philosophy
- Philosophy
- Publisher: Pickwick Publications (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2021
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Publisher's Description
Prince Evgenii Trubetskoi (1863-1920), one of Russia's great philosophers, exemplified what was best in the Russian religious-philosophical tradition. His lifelong pursuit was "integral knowledge." This ideal affirmed that faith was integral to reason and that inner experience (moral, religious, aesthetic), and not just external sensory experience, offered truthful testimony to the nature of reality--precisely contrary to the reductive positivism and scientism of Trubetskoi's day and ours. Following Vladimir Soloviev he developed the concept of Bogochelovechestvo (divine humanity)--the free human realization of the divine principle in ourselves and in the world (deification)--and found in it the very meaning of life. Trubetskoi strikingly combined religious philosophy with an unwavering commitment to the main principles of liberalism: human dignity, freedom of conscience, the rule of law (based ultimately on natural law), and human perfectibility (progress). He worked tirelessly for a liberal, constitutional Russia. This is the first book in English devoted to Evgenii Trubetskoi's life and thought. It includes a comprehensive introduction, six chapters on his religious-philosophical worldview, and six chapters on an area of religious studies that he inspired--the philosophy of the icon.
Endorsements (3)
“This is a book, and a biography, that beautifully complements the first volume in the Ex Oriente Lux series, on Russian religious philosophy and post-secularism. Our modern world cannot go back to an unmitigated faith culture and should not wish to. But we need the prudent, integral example of Evgenii Trubetskoi: university professor and philosopher of law, connoisseur of color in the Orthodox icon, devout but not uncritical biographer of Vladimir Soloviev, political activist—but always with the understanding that no one side controls the truth, and no policy can be allowed to undermine human dignity.”
“Evgenii Trubetskoi is a major Russian philosopher of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, one long neglected in the English-language scholarship. Evgenii Trubetskoi: Icon and Philosophy gathers together some of the finest scholars of Russian philosophy and theology to fully investigate Trubetskoi’s political-philosophical and theological thought. From an in-depth look at Trubetskoi’s liberal ideas, to a multifaceted account of his philosophy of the icon, the volume presents a much-needed exploration of the wide-ranging nature of Trubetskoi’s ideas. This is a book that everyone interested in Russian philosophy should read.”
“This collection of beautifully produced essays paints a compelling portrait of one of Russia’s most attractive and profound religious thinkers. The first part of the book shows how Trubetskoi’s worldview integrated Orthodox Christianity, philosophical idealism, and political liberalism, while the second part explores his influence on the study of iconography. Together they present a figure of striking spiritual depth who speaks to our time as much as he did to his own.”
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