After finishing this seminar, you will:
- be able to read independently texts by the thinkers discussed in the course;
- have an overview of so-called Russian religious philosophy since the late 19th C, up to and including its late- and post-Soviet revival;
- be able to grasp similarities and differences between your own and ‘other’ philosophical traditions;
- have a first-hand familiarity with an important of Russia’s intellectual and cultural heritage.
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The textual basis of the course is a famous series of lectures by a famous Russian-Orthodox priest, Aleksandr Men’ (1935-1990). He taught these lectures in 1989-90, shortly before his violent death, during the last days of Soviet Russia and as part of a revival of the Russian Orthodox-Christian tradition. This series offers a simultaneously authentic and accessible overview of so-called Russian Religious Philosophy, addressing four main thinkers in that tradition, both more “liberal” and more “conservative” ones: Vl. Solov’ëv, Sergei Bulgakov, Pavel Florenskii and Mat’ Maria Skobtsova. Other thinkers discussed by Men’ will be addressed in passing. The seminar will work with English translations, but the Russian originals of both the text by Men’ and the texts by discussed thinkers are available upon request.
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BA3 or higher (MA, Research Master)
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A general familiarity with philosophy and/or religious studies is presupposed; participants are expected to fill lacunae on their own.
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During the course, there will be 3 in-course assignments (2 individual, 1 group assignment)
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Course open for BA3 and MA students of Radboud University, open for International and other students.
After a general introduction, the seminar will develop a weekly rhythm of seminar meetings and reading group meetings
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