New Book on the History of Russian Thought

Palgrave Macmillan has published a new book on Russian thought The Palgrave Handbook of Russian Thought

The book contains the works of Russian and foreign researchers on the intellectual history of Russia.
Two chapters for the collection were written by the Laboratory staff, the head of the laboratory, Professor Vladimir K. Kantor (Chernyshevsky and Dostoevsky: Together in Opposition) and a chief research fellow Alexei A. Kara-Murza (Between East and West: Russian Identity in the Émigré Writings of Ilya Fondaminsky and Semyon Portugeis).
The book was published under the editorship of Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina M. F. Bykova, Professors of the University of Bonn M. N. Foster and L. Steiner.

Abstract:

This volume is a comprehensive Handbook of Russian thought that provides an in-depth survey of major figures, currents, and developments in Russian intellectual history, spanning the period from the late eighteenth century to the late twentieth century. Written by a group of distinguished scholars as well as some younger ones from Russia, Europe, the United States, and Canada, this Handbook reconstructs a vibrant picture of the intellectual and cultural life in Russia and the Soviet Union during the most buoyant period in the country's history. Contrary to the widespread view of Russian modernity as a product of intellectual borrowing and imitation, the essays collected in this volume reveal the creative spirit of Russian thought, which produced a range of original philosophical and social ideas, as well as great literature, art, and criticism. While rejecting reductive interpretations, the Handbook employs a unifying approach to its subject matter, presenting Russian thought in the context of the country's changing historical landscape. This Handbook will open up a new intellectual world to many readers and provide a secure base for its further exploration.

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