Book ID: CBB001550659

The Moscow Pythagoreans: Mathematics, Mysticism, and Anti-Semitism in Russian Symbolism (2013)

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Svetlikova, Ilona (Author)


Palgrave Macmillan


Publication Date: 2013
Physical Details: x + 184 pp.; ill.
Language: English

In the nineteenth century the traditional Christian hostility to the Jews evolved into an often arcane system of scientific and historical theories that served as intellectual cover for darker ideological sentiments. Around the turn of the twentieth century, Russia was the scene for one of the more peculiar instances of this phenomenon, whereby politics, mysticism, anti-Semitism, and mathematical theory fused into a distinctive intellectual movement. Through analyses of such seemingly disparate subjects as the philosophy of August Comte, Moscow mathematical circles, and Andre Bely 's classic 1913 novel Petersburg, this remarkable interdisciplinary study illuminates a forgotten aspect of Russian cultural and intellectual history.

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Authors & Contributors
Iagher, Matei
Stéphane Gumpper
Serina, Florent
Mathias Dreyfuss
Marc Champagne
Smith, Jennifer
Concepts
Mysticism
Science and religion
Antisemitism
Psychology
Philosophy
Spiritualism
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
Renaissance
Places
Germany
France
Great Britain
Russia
United States
Netherlands
Institutions
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) (Study group: U.S.)
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