Shapes of apocalypse : arts and philosophy in Slavic thought / edited by Andrea Oppo.

Contributor(s):

Oppo, Andrea

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Myths and taboos in Russian culturePublisher: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource (285 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781618111968
1618111965
9781618116956
1618116959

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

DDC classification:

704.94820947 23

LOC classification:

B4672 .S53 2013eb

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

pt. 1. Philosophy -- part 2. Literature -- part 3. Music and visual arts.

Summary: This collective volume aims to highlight the philosophical and literary idea of "apocalypse," within some key examples in the "Slavic world" during the nineteenth and twentieth century. From Russian realism to avant-garde painting, from the classic fiction of the nineteenth century to twentieth century philosophy, not omitting theatre, cinema or music, there is a specific examination of the concepts of "end of history" and "end of present time" as conditions for a redemptive image of the world. To understand this idea means to understand an essential part of Slavic culture, which; however divergent and variegated it may be in general, converges on a specific myth in a surprising manner.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Philosophy -- part 2. Literature -- part 3. Music and visual arts.

This collective volume aims to highlight the philosophical and literary idea of "apocalypse," within some key examples in the "Slavic world" during the nineteenth and twentieth century. From Russian realism to avant-garde painting, from the classic fiction of the nineteenth century to twentieth century philosophy, not omitting theatre, cinema or music, there is a specific examination of the concepts of "end of history" and "end of present time" as conditions for a redemptive image of the world. To understand this idea means to understand an essential part of Slavic culture, which; however divergent and variegated it may be in general, converges on a specific myth in a surprising manner.