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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The Ascent from Ideology

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

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In Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Daniel Mahoney presents a philosophical perspective on the political condition of modern man through an exegesis and analysis of Solzhenitsyn's work. Mahoney demonstrates the tremendous, yet often unappreciated, impact of Solzhenitsyn's writing on twentieth century thinking through an examination of the writer's profoundly important critique of communist totalitarianism in a judicious and original mix of western and Russian, Christian and classical wisdom.

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Utgivningsdatum2001-07-30
Mått149 x 227 x 14 mm
Vikt299 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Serie20th Century Political Thinkers
Antal sidor200
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780742521131

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Chapter 1 Introductory Note: Taking Solzhenitsyn SeriouslyChapter 2 The One True Progress: Solzhenitsyn's Alternative to Modern LiberalismChapter 3 The Experience of Totalitarianism and the Recovery of NatureChapter 4 True and False Liberalism: Stolypin and His Enemies in August 1914Chapter 5 The Ascent from Modernity:"Repentance and Self-Limitation in the Life of Nations"Chapter 6 The Physiognomy of Liberty: Solzhenitsyn's "Tocquevillian" Defense of Local Self-GovernmentChapter 7 Concluding Reflection: The Soul between Politics and Eternity

In the natural progression of the ripening of Solzhenitsyn criticism, what has been needed is a book by a political theorist who is at home in the vocabulary of political philosophy and fully familiar with the categories and concepts of that field. Daniel Mahoney fills this niche and his study advances Solzhenitsyn criticism not by small or even medium sized increments, but by a quantum leap forward. Mahoney's book will stand as the book on Solzhenitsyn's politics, precisely because it does not treat politics as a self-contained and free-standing entity, i.e. it does not tear the politics out of the overarching moral vision. This book is simply superb.