The Major Works Of Peter Chaadaev: A Translation And Commentary
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A landmark work in the study of Russian intellectual history, this scholarly volume presents Raymond T. McNally's authoritative English translation of the major philosophical writings of Peter Chaadaev, the nineteenth-century Russian thinker whose provocative ideas scandalized imperial Russia and shaped the course of its intellectual debate. Chaadaev's most celebrated work, the Philosophical Letters, argues with bold, unsettling force that Russia had been cut off from the universal progress of Western civilization, a claim so incendiary that Tsar Nicholas I declared him officially insane. McNally's meticulous commentary illuminates the historical and philosophical context surrounding each text, tracing the profound influence Chaadaev wielded over the Westernizer and Slavophile movements that would define Russian thought for generations. The volume also details Chaadaev's later, more nuanced writings, in which he revised his earlier pessimism and articulated a unique vision of Russia's potential messianic role in world history. Rigorous yet accessible, this translation and commentary remains an indispensable resource for scholars and students of Russian philosophy, literature, and cultural history.
Author: Raymond T. Mcnally
Format: Hardback
Published: 1969, University of Notre Dame Press
Genre: Philosophy
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: Previous owner
A landmark work in the study of Russian intellectual history, this scholarly volume presents Raymond T. McNally's authoritative English translation of the major philosophical writings of Peter Chaadaev, the nineteenth-century Russian thinker whose provocative ideas scandalized imperial Russia and shaped the course of its intellectual debate. Chaadaev's most celebrated work, the Philosophical Letters, argues with bold, unsettling force that Russia had been cut off from the universal progress of Western civilization, a claim so incendiary that Tsar Nicholas I declared him officially insane. McNally's meticulous commentary illuminates the historical and philosophical context surrounding each text, tracing the profound influence Chaadaev wielded over the Westernizer and Slavophile movements that would define Russian thought for generations. The volume also details Chaadaev's later, more nuanced writings, in which he revised his earlier pessimism and articulated a unique vision of Russia's potential messianic role in world history. Rigorous yet accessible, this translation and commentary remains an indispensable resource for scholars and students of Russian philosophy, literature, and cultural history.