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

Svetlikova, Ilona (Author)

Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 2013
Language: English

ISBN: 9781137338273

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

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Mysticism Science and literature Pythagoreanism Antisemitism Signs and symbols Science and religion 19th century 20th century, early Moscow (Russia)

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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Review Hollings, Christopher (2015) Review of "The Moscow Pythagoreans: Mathematics, Mysticism, and Anti-Semitism in Russian Symbolism". British Society for the History of Mathematics Bulletin (pp. 85-86). unapi

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