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At the Vanishing Point in History: Critical Perspectives on the Russia-Ukraine War

At the Vanishing Point in History: Critical Perspectives on the Russia-Ukraine War


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Putin’s war has prompted a deep analysis and reevaluation of the forces driving this deadly confrontation. At the Vanishing Point in History brings together renowned humanities scholars and prominent novelists to explore the roots and causes of the ongoing catastrophe in Eastern Europe. This distinguished group of Russian émigrés, well-versed in Russian culture, history, and philosophy, aims to examine the past to understand the present. Experts in the inner workings of Russian society who have fled the country, they believe it is their responsibility to critically assess the current crisis, reflect on its origins, and outline the agenda for future research in the humanities. In response to this challenge, they present a collection of analytical essays that offer essential background and context for understanding the unfolding events in Europe. Today’s Russia is perhaps the most representative example of the grave threat that tyranny poses to global civilization. In its brutal attack on Ukraine, Putin’s regime holds not only Russians but all of humanity hostage. The atrocities committed in the name of the “Russian world” make it urgent to thoroughly investigate Russia’s current political pursuit in order to uncover its true origins and find a way forward.

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At the Vanishing Point in History: Critical Perspectives on the Russia-Ukraine War Table of Contents Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction At the Edge of the Abyss: The Countdown Begins Marina F. Bykova (North Carolina State University, USA) Prologue Doors of Hell: New Russian Apocalypticism Mikhail Epstein (Emory University, USA) Part I. Unlearned Lessons From Russia’s Bloody History The War on Progress and the Missed Opportunities of Russian Enlightenment Marina F. Bykova (North Carolina State University, USA) Between Nationalism and Universalism: The Imperial Imagination from Vladimir Solovyov to Alexandre Kojève Boris Groys (European Graduate School, Switzerland) The Defeated Judge the Victors, or Bolshevism in post-October Russian Thought Alexander L. Dobrokhotov (King's College London, UK) War in Ukraine and the Ethics of Pragmatism Dmitri N. Shalin (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA) Against the West: The Weimar Republic and Post-Soviet Russia in the Yeltsin Era as Aggrieved Powers Leonid Luks (Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt,Germany), Part II. The War of Obsession The “End of History” or the End of the Human Race? Rereading Fukuyama and HuntingtonDuring Russia’s War Against Ukraine Mikhail Sergeev (University of the Arts, Philadelphia,USA) Point of Madness and the Search for History’s Meaning Mikhail Blumenkranz (Independent Scholar, Germany) Nostalgia, Trickster, and the War Mark Lipovetsky (Columbia University, USA) The Return of the Grand Inquisitor Maja Soboleva (University of Marburg, Germany) The Viscosity of Russian Space: An Essay in Structural Analysis Helen Petrovsky (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, France) Part III. Does Russia Have a Future? Cyclical Progress. The Eternal Return of Modernity Vladimir Marchenkov (Ohio University, USA) Being Guilty, Feeling Guilty: Right and Morality in Russia in the Shadow of the Current War Michail Maiatsky (University of Fribourg / University of Lausanne, Switzerland) Russian Ouroboros Mikhail P. Shishkin (Freelance Writer, Switzerland) Defederating Russia Alexander Etkind (Central European University, Vienna, Austria)

About the Author :
Marina F. Bykova is Full Professor of Philosophy at North Carolina State University, USA, and the Editor-in-chief of Studies in East European Thought and Russian Studies in Philosophy.

Review :
During Russia’s many periods of revolution, (civil) war, and repression, critical intellectuals have produced famous volumes like Vekhi (1909), Iz glubiny (1918), and Iz-pod glyb (1974). Regrettably, we face such a dark period again, but, fortunately, there are critical Russian intellectuals who have revived, with this volume, their strong tradition This powerful volume brings together essays by prominent intellectual historians, philosophers, and literary scholars who ponder the vicissitudes of Russian history, trying to make sense of - and determined to take a stance against - the war in Ukraine. A voice from the depths that calls for forensic analysis and unambiguous civic commitment


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  • ISBN-13: 9781350438316
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
  • Height: 214 mm
  • No of Pages: 360
  • Sub Title: Critical Perspectives on the Russia-Ukraine War
  • Width: 138 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1350438316
  • Publisher Date: 26 Dec 2024
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 22 mm
  • Weight: 448 gr


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