Slavery And Freedom
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning. Markings: none Binding condition: Good — pages intact, binding firm.
At the crossroads of theology, existentialism, and political thought, Nikolai Berdyaev's Slavery and Freedom presents one of the twentieth century's most penetrating philosophical interrogations of the human condition. Translated from the Russian by R. M. French, the work argues that true human dignity is inseparable from spiritual freedom — and that every form of slavery, whether political, economic, or ideological, is ultimately a betrayal of the divine image in man. Berdyaev chronicles the many masks that slavery wears in modern life: the slavery to nature, to society, to civilisation, to the state, and to one's own ego, exposing each as a perversion of authentic personhood. A towering figure of Russian religious philosophy, Berdyaev writes with prophetic urgency and unflinching moral clarity, drawing equally on Orthodox Christian mysticism, German Idealism, and the existentialist tradition. His prose is both rigorous and visionary, demanding that the reader confront uncomfortable truths about the structures — both external and internal — that constrain the human spirit. For anyone grappling with the nature of freedom in an age of conformity and power, Slavery and Freedom remains a work of devastating and enduring relevance.
Author: Nicolai Berdyaev
Format: Paperback
Genre: Philosophy
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning. Markings: none Binding condition: Good — pages intact, binding firm.
At the crossroads of theology, existentialism, and political thought, Nikolai Berdyaev's Slavery and Freedom presents one of the twentieth century's most penetrating philosophical interrogations of the human condition. Translated from the Russian by R. M. French, the work argues that true human dignity is inseparable from spiritual freedom — and that every form of slavery, whether political, economic, or ideological, is ultimately a betrayal of the divine image in man. Berdyaev chronicles the many masks that slavery wears in modern life: the slavery to nature, to society, to civilisation, to the state, and to one's own ego, exposing each as a perversion of authentic personhood. A towering figure of Russian religious philosophy, Berdyaev writes with prophetic urgency and unflinching moral clarity, drawing equally on Orthodox Christian mysticism, German Idealism, and the existentialist tradition. His prose is both rigorous and visionary, demanding that the reader confront uncomfortable truths about the structures — both external and internal — that constrain the human spirit. For anyone grappling with the nature of freedom in an age of conformity and power, Slavery and Freedom remains a work of devastating and enduring relevance.