{"product_id":"disenchanted-wanderer-the-apocalyptic-vision-of-konstantin-leontiev-hardback-9781501760181","title":"Disenchanted Wanderer; The Apocalyptic Vision of Konstantin Leontiev (Hardback) 9781501760181","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDisenchanted Wanderer\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Apocalyptic Vision of Konstantin Leontiev\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGlenn Cronin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501760181\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 November 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e276 pages, 10 b\u0026amp;w halftones - 10 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlenn Cronin offers a meticulously researched, nuanced study of Leontiev's life and thought, providing the reader with a remarkably comprehensive insight into one of Russia's most original thinkers\u003c\/p\u003e (Russian Review) \u003cp\u003eWhile Leontiev alone will not be enough to understand Russia under Putin, the book is indeed a timely reevaluation of Leontiev and it is the first comprehensive study of his life and ideas in English since 1967.The book offers a well-written, easy-to-follow introduction to Leontiev for specialists in Russian history and nonspecialists alike\u003c\/p\u003e (AB IMPERIO) \u003cp\u003e[I]t is worth noting that Cronin's eloquent and engaging prose softens the otherwise formidable density of his subject matter.Cronin's book offers an insight into Leontiev the writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDisenchanted Wanderer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is the first comprehensive English-language study in over half a century of the life and ideas of Konstantin Nikolaevich Leontiev (1831–1891), one of the most important thinkers in nineteenth-century Russia on political, social, and religious matters.\u003c\/b\u003e Glenn Cronin gives the reader a broad overview of Leontiev's life and varied career as novelist, army doctor, diplomat, journalist, censor, and, late in life, ordained monk. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReviewing Leontiev's creative work and his writing on aesthetics and literary criticism—notable figures such as Belinsky, Turgenev, Gogol, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy appear—Cronin goes on to examine Leontiev's sociopolitical writing and his theory of the rise and fall of cultures and civilizations, placing his thought in the context of his contemporaries and predecessors including Hegel, Herzen, and Nietzsche, as well as Danilevsky, Pobedonostsev, and other major figures in Slavophile and Russian nationalist circles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCronin also examines Leontiev's religious views, including his ascetic brand of Orthodoxy, informed by his experiences of the monastic communities of Mount Athos and OptinaPustyn, and his late attraction to Roman Catholicism under the influence of the theologian Vladimir Solovyev. \u003ci\u003eDisenchanted Wanderer\u003c\/i\u003e concludes with a review of Leontiev's prophetic vision for the twentieth century and his conviction that, after a period of wars, socialism would triumph under the banner of a new Constantine the Great. Cronin considers how far this vision foretold the rise to power of Joseph Stalin, an aspect of Leontiev's legacy that previously had not received the attention it merits.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElevating Leontiev to his proper place in the Russian literary pantheon, Cronin demonstrates that the man was not, as is often maintained, an amoralist and a political reactionary but rather a deeply moral thinker and a radical conservative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart One: \"Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e1. The Divided Self\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Best of All Possible Worlds\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Gathering Storm\u003cbr\u003e 4. Desperate Times\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart Two: A Prophet in His Own Country\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e5. Russians, Greeks, and Slavs\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Social Organism\u003cbr\u003e 7. Blood is Not Enough\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Tide of History\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart Three: Apocalypse\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e9. The Beginning of Wisdom\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Grand Inquisitor\u003cbr\u003e 11. Reactionary or Revolutionary?\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Feudalism of the Future\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Red Czar\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Northern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681263677720,"sku":"9781501760181","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/disenchanted-wanderer-the-apocalyptic-vision-of-konstantin-leontiev-hardback-9781501760181","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}