A Herzen Reader
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Author |
: Alexander Herzen |
Publisher |
: Northwestern University Press |
Total Pages |
: 417 |
Release |
: 2012-11-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780810128477 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0810128470 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Herzen Reader by : Alexander Herzen
A Herzen Reader presents in English for the first time one hundred essays and editorials by the radical Russian thinker Alexander Herzen (1812–1870). Herzen wrote most of these pieces for The Bell, a revolutionary newspaper he launched with the poet Nikolai Ogaryov in London in 1857. Smugglers secretly carried copies of The Bell into Russia, where it influenced debates over the emancipation of the serfs and other reforms. With his characteristic irony, Herzen addressed such issues as freedom of speech, a nonviolent path to socialism, and corruption and paranoia at the highest levels of government. He discussed what he saw as the inability of even a liberator like Czar Alexander II to commit to change. A Herzen Reader stands on its own for its fascinating glimpse into Russian intellectual life of the 1850s and 1860s. It also provides invaluable context for understanding Herzen’s contemporaries, including Fyodor Dostoevsky and Ivan Turgenev.
Author |
: Aleksandr Herzen |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 380 |
Release |
: 1924 |
ISBN-10 |
: WISC:89038434783 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis My Past and Thoughts by : Aleksandr Herzen
Author |
: Aileen M. Kelly |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 605 |
Release |
: 2016-05-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780674969414 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0674969413 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Discovery of Chance by : Aileen M. Kelly
Alexander Herzen—philosopher, novelist, essayist, political agitator, and one of the leading Russian intellectuals of the nineteenth century—was as famous in his day as Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. While he is remembered for his masterpiece My Past and Thoughts and as the father of Russian socialism, his contributions to the history of ideas defy easy categorization because they are so numerous. Aileen Kelly presents the first fully rounded study of the farsighted genius whom Isaiah Berlin called “the forerunner of much twentieth-century thought.” In an era dominated by ideologies of human progress, Herzen resisted them because they conflicted with his sense of reality, a sense honed by his unusually comprehensive understanding of history, philosophy, and the natural sciences. Following his unconventional decision to study science at university, he came to recognize the implications of early evolutionary theory, not just for the natural world but for human history. In this respect, he was a Darwinian even before Darwin. Socialism for Russia, as Herzen conceived it, was not an ideology—least of all Marxian “scientific socialism”—but a concrete means of grappling with unique historical circumstances, a way for Russians to combine the best of Western achievements with the possibilities of their own cultural milieu in order to move forward. In the same year that Marx declared communism to be the “solution to the riddle of history,” Herzen denied that any such solution could exist. History, like nature, was contingent—an improvisation both constrained and encouraged by chance.
Author |
: Alexander Herzen |
Publisher |
: Cornell University Press |
Total Pages |
: 304 |
Release |
: 1984 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0801492866 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780801492860 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Synopsis Who Is to Blame? by : Alexander Herzen
"Herzen's novel played a significant part in the intellectual ferment of the 1840s. It is an important book in social and moral terms, and wonderfully expressive of Herzen's personality."--Isaiah BerlinAlexander Herzen was one of the major figures in Russian intellectual life in the nineteenth century. Who Is to Blame? was his first novel. A revealing document and a noteworthy contribution to Russian literature in its own right, it establishes the origins of Herzen's spiritual quest and the outlines of his emerging social and political beliefs, and it foreshadows his mature philosophical views.
Author |
: Aileen Kelly |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 424 |
Release |
: 1998-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0300070241 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780300070248 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Toward Another Shore by : Aileen Kelly
In this thought-provoking book, an internationally acclaimed scholar writes about the passion for ideology among nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian intellectuals and about the development of sophisticated critiques of ideology by a continuing minority of Russian thinkers inspired by libertarian humanism. Aileen Kelly sets the conflict between utopian and anti-utopian traditions in Russian thought within the context of the shift in European thought away from faith in universal systems and "grand narratives" of progress toward an acceptance of the role of chance and contingency in nature and history. In the current age, as we face the dilemma of how to prevent the erosion of faith in absolutes and final solutions from ending in moral nihilism, we have much to learn from the struggles, failures, and insights of Russian thinkers, Kelly says. Her essays--some of them tours de force that have appeared before as well as substantial new studies of Turgenev, Herzen, and the Signposts debate--illuminate the insights of Russian intellectuals into the social and political consequences of ideas of such seminal Western thinkers as Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Darwin. Russian Literature and Thought Series
Author |
: Wendy Lesser |
Publisher |
: Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages |
: 200 |
Release |
: 2014-01-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780374709815 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0374709815 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis Why I Read by : Wendy Lesser
"Wendy Lesser's extraordinary alertness, intelligence, and curiosity have made her one of America's most significant cultural critics," writes Stephen Greenblatt. In Why I Read, Lesser draws on a lifetime of pleasure reading and decades of editing one of the most distinguished literary magazines in the country, The Threepenny Review, to describe her love of literature. As Lesser writes in her prologue, "Reading can result in boredom or transcendence, rage or enthusiasm, depression or hilarity, empathy or contempt, depending on who you are and what the book is and how your life is shaping up at the moment you encounter it." Here the reader will discover a definition of literature that is as broad as it is broad-minded. In addition to novels and stories, Lesser explores plays, poems, and essays along with mysteries, science fiction, and memoirs. As she examines these works from such perspectives as "Character and Plot," "Novelty," "Grandeur and Intimacy," and "Authority," Why I Read sparks an overwhelming desire to put aside quotidian tasks in favor of reading. Lesser's passion for this pursuit resonates on every page, whether she is discussing the book as a physical object or a particular work's influence. "Reading literature is a way of reaching back to something bigger and older and different," she writes. "It can give you the feeling that you belong to the past as well as the present, and it can help you realize that your present will someday be someone else's past. This may be disheartening, but it can also be strangely consoling at times." A book in the spirit of E. M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel and Elizabeth Hardwick's A View of My Own, Why I Read is iconoclastic, conversational, and full of insight. It will delight those who are already avid readers as well as neophytes in search of sheer literary fun.
Author |
: Martin Malia |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 496 |
Release |
: 2013-10-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0674431405 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780674431409 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis Alexander Herzen and the Birth of Russian Socialism, 1812-1855 by : Martin Malia
Author |
: Various |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 673 |
Release |
: 1993-08-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780140151039 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0140151036 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Portable Nineteenth-Century Russian Reader by : Various
The Portable Nineteenth-Century Russian Reader magnificently represents the great voices of this era. It includes such masterworks of world literature as Pushkin's poem "The Bronze Horseman"; Gogol's "The Overcoat"; Turgenev's novel First Love; Chekhov's Uncle Vanya; Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilych; and "The Grand Inquisitor" episode from Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov; plus poetry, plays, short stories, novel excerpts, and essays by such writers as Griboyedov, Pavlova, Herzen, Goncharov, Saltykov-Shchedrin, and Maksim Gorky. Distinguished scholar George Gibian provides an introduction, chronology, biographical essays, and a bibliography.
Author |
: Aleksandr Herzen |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 540 |
Release |
: 1985 |
ISBN-10 |
: WISC:89017376195 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ends and Beginnings by : Aleksandr Herzen
This volume is the sequel to Childhood, Youth and Exile. Isaiah Berlin called these memoirs "an autobiography of the first order of genius...a major classic, comparable in scope with War and Peace."
Author |
: Eric Telchin |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 48 |
Release |
: 2012-12-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781101655610 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1101655615 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis See a Heart, Share a Heart by : Eric Telchin
A gift that opens your eyes, your heart, and your world In 2009, Eric Telchin noticed a heart in a pool of melted ice cream, and hearts have followed him ever since. He launched boyseeshearts.com as a forum to share his "found" hearts, and an Internet phenomenon was born. This enticing book pairs Eric's photography with short, poignant text to create the ultimate gift for anyone looking to lend, mend, or charm a heart. The simple message of being open to seeing hearts and finding love is one that will resonate with readers of all ages. Anyone can see hearts; it's just a matter of remembering to look for them.