Apocatastasis in Russian philosophical conceptions of 1870-1930. The first article. Dostoevsky, Fedorov, Soloviev
https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6401-2018-1-24-37
Abstract
The article generalizes results of the research, devoted to the formation and development of apocatastasis issue in Russian philosophical discourse. The author shows that the majority of Russian Christian thinkers strived for resolving the problem of universality / non-universality of salvation,and the one of eternality / temporality of infernal torment. The arguments for apocatastasis, once proposed by N. Fedorov and V.S. Soloviev in their works, are also been examined in the article. It is shown that their idea of apocatastasis is directly related to the conception of historyas “an act of salvation” and as “active creative eschatology”. According to that conception the human race participates in historical destiny acts as well as in transforming the Earth into the Kingdom of God. The problem of apocatastasis issue is analyzed in the wider artistic and literary context (icon painting, frescos, and works by Pushkin, Lermontov, and Dostoevsky).
Keywords
Russian religious philosophy,
apocatastasis,
icon painting,
literature,
justification of history,
“active creative eschatology”,
antropodicea
Supporting agencies: Russian scientific fund (The project № 14-18-02709) at the Institute of World Literature RAS
About the Author
Anastasia G. Gacheva
A.M. Gorky Institute for World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
D-r in Philology
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Gacheva A.G. Apocatastasis in Russian philosophical conceptions of 1870-1930. The first article. Dostoevsky, Fedorov, Soloviev. RSUH/RGGU BULLETIN. Series Philosophy. Social Studies. Art Studies. 2018;(1):24-37. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6401-2018-1-24-37
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