M.M. Bakhtin’s “Hronotop” in A.Z. Steinberg’s “Time and Space” on the Jewish national character
https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6401-2019-4-20-33
Abstract
An essay is devoted to proving the thesis that the well-known concept of “chronotope” in the philosophy of M.M. Bakhtin apparently goes back to the works of the Jewish philosopher A.Z. Steinberg on the Jewish national character, unpublished until 2018. As it was shown earlier and it is well-known for many decades M.M. Bakhtin’s ideas in his books about F.M. Dostoevsky go back to A.Z. Steinberg’s the reports in the Free Philosophical Association in Petrograd in 1921 and the book “System of Freedom of Dostoevsky” (Berlin, 1923), based on the above reports. A high probability to that assumption is supported with the comment about M.M. Bakhtin “…I was the first” made by A.Z. Steinberg, which became known only in 2017.
A.Z. Steinberg’s work is viewed in a wide context of the Russian philosophy of the time and includes the names of V.V. Rozanov, V.S. Solovyov, M.O. Gershenzon.
About the Author
L. F. Katsis
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Leonid F. Katsis, Dr. of Sci. (Philology), associate professor
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Katsis L.F. M.M. Bakhtin’s “Hronotop” in A.Z. Steinberg’s “Time and Space” on the Jewish national character. RSUH/RGGU BULLETIN. Series Philosophy. Social Studies. Art Studies. 2019;(4):20-33. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6401-2019-4-20-33
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