{"product_id":"divine-sophia-the-wisdom-writings-of-vladimir-solovyov-paperback-softback-9780801474798","title":"Divine Sophia; The Wisdom Writings of Vladimir Solovyov (Paperback \/ softback) 9780801474798","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDivine Sophia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Wisdom Writings of Vladimir Solovyov\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eVladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov (Author), Judith Deutsch Kornblatt (Edited by), Boris Jakim (Translated by), Judith Deutsch Kornblatt (Translated by), Laury Magnus (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801474798\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 February 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e297 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 2.4 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\u003eAn extremely interesting and valuable book.... In post-Soviet Russia, there is renewed interest in Solovyov's philosophy and, among some theologians, in sophiology, which is no longer seen as a threat to doctrinal orthodoxy. Given current interest in the subject in the West as well, Judith Deutsch Kornblatt has provided a timely and valuable resource for the study of Solovyov's concept of Divine Sophia.\u003c\/p\u003e - Hugh Wybrew (Times Literary Supplement) \u003cp\u003eJudith Deutsch Kornblatt's remarkable and erudite study of the Sophia in Vladimir Solov'ev's life and writings offers a comprehensive presentation of the origins of the wisdom principle of Sophia in religious thought and its evolution in Solov'ev's identity.... The book's unusual structure of two distinctively different parts—the first an intellectual tour-de-force analyzing the myriad facets of Sophia and her influence on Solov'ev, and the second a collection of annotated translations of the philosopher-poet's wisdom writings, with a reading guide preceding each group of translations—will appeal to both scholars and educators.\u003c\/p\u003e - Valeria Z. Nollan (Slavic Review) \u003cp\u003eThe present volume is not only striking for its manifest erudition, but also for its utter handiness.... For specialist and non-specialist alike, the author has performed an invaluable service, making research available, especially to those not conversant in Russian. In one handy volume, every contribution Solovyov ever put to ink on the subject of Divine Wisdom is found: from the purely exploratory... to his formal, philosophical expositions.\u003c\/p\u003e - R. Slesinski (Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies)\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\u003eSolovyov's wisdom writings captivated several generations of poets and philosophers during the pre- and postrevolutionary periods in Russia and abroad. In particular, his Sophiology had a profound influence on such major figures of Russia's Silver Age as Alexander Blok, Andrei Belyi, Pavel Florensky, and Sergei Bulgakov.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe founder of modern Russian philosophy, Vladimir Solovyov (1853-1900) is widely considered its greatest practitioner.\u003c\/b\u003e Together with Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, he is one of the towering intellectual figures in late-nineteenth-century Russia, and his diverse writings influenced much of the non-Marxist tradition of twentieth-century Russian thought. Philosopher, journalist, poet, and playwright, Solovyov was also a mystic who claimed to have had three visions of Divine Sophia. This personification of wisdom with golden hair and a radiant aura echoes both the eternal feminine and the world soul. Rooted in Christian and Jewish mysticism, Eastern Orthodox iconography, Greek philosophy, and European romanticism, the Sophiology that suffuses Solovyov's philosophical and artistic works is both intellectually sophisticated and profoundly inspiring.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJudith Deutsch Kornblatt brings together key texts from Solovyov's writings about Sophia: poetry, fiction, drama, and philosophy, all extensively annotated and some available in English for the first time (with assistance from the translators Boris Jakim and Laury Magnus). In the comprehensive introductory essay that encompasses the book's first half, Kornblatt establishes the historical, philosophical, religious, and literary context of Solovyov's Sophiology, emphasizing its connection to contemporaneous religious and philosophical thought as well as other social and cultural trends in Europe and the United States-for example, Solovyov's reactions to his changing world ran parallel to and sometimes intersected with those of Darwin, Nietzsche, and William James.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSophiology is once again finding enthusiasts both in Russia and among seekers around the world. The definitive introduction to Solovyov's wisdom and its profound impact on Russian thought and culture, Divine Sophia makes Solovyov's mystical visions and literary \"re-visions\" of Sophia accessible to scholars and lay readers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Who Is Solovyov and What Is Sophia?\u003c\/b\u003eIntroduction: Visions and Re- Visions of Sophia\u003cbr\u003e The \"Life Drama\" of Solovyov\u003cbr\u003e Positivism and Spiritualism \/ Feminism and Pansophism\u003cbr\u003e Wisdom's Bequest: Sophia through the Ages\u003cbr\u003e Solovyov as Self- Conscious Heir\u003cbr\u003e How to Write a Vision?\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Sophia as Divinely Human Mediator\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part II: The Wisdom Writings of Solovyov—Annotated Translations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Early Sophianic Poems\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eReading Guide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Early Poems\u003cbr\u003e \"My tsaritsa appeared to me\"\u003cbr\u003e \"My empress has a lofty palace\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Near, far off, not here, not there\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Sophia: A \"Mystical- Theosophical- Philosophical-Theurgical- Political\" Dialogue\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eReading Guide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Sophia\u003cbr\u003e \"On Man's Metaphysical Need\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Sophie. First Triad. First Principles\"\u003cbr\u003e \"First Dialogue: The Absolute Principle as Unity (The Principle of Monism)\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Second Dialogue: The Absolute Principle as Duality (The Principle of Dualism)\"\u003cbr\u003e [\"Third Dialogue\"]\u003cbr\u003e \"Second Dialogue: The Cosmic and Historical Process\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Third Chapter: Morality and Politics\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Sophia in Philosophical Prose \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eReading Guide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Fragments\": An Overview\u003cbr\u003e \"On the Three Worlds\"\u003cbr\u003e \"On the Three Conditions (in General)\"\u003cbr\u003e From \"Theological Principles\"\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eLectures on Divine Humanity\u003c\/i\u003e: An Overview\u003cbr\u003e Lecture Seven\u003cbr\u003e Lecture Eight\u003cbr\u003e Lecture Nine\u003cbr\u003e Lecture Ten\u003cbr\u003e Lectures Eleven and Twelve\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eRussia and the Universal Church \u003c\/i\u003e(Book Three): An Overview\u003cbr\u003e \"III. The Divine Essence and Its Threefold Manifestation\"\u003cbr\u003e \"IV. The World Soul as the Foundation of Creation, Space, Time, and Mechanical Causality\"\u003cbr\u003e \"V. The Higher World. The Freedom of the Pure Spirits\"\u003cbr\u003e \"VI. The Three Chief Stages of the Cosmogonic Process\"\u003cbr\u003e \"VII. The Threefold Incarnation of Divine Wisdom\"\u003cbr\u003e \"The Idea of Humanity in Auguste Comte\": An Overview\u003cbr\u003e \"The Idea of Humanity in Auguste Comte\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. \"At the Dawn of Misty Youth\": A Semiautobiographical Short Story\u003cbr\u003e Reading Guide\u003cbr\u003e \"At the Dawn of Misty Youth\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. \u003ci\u003eThe White Lily: Or a Dream on the Eve of the Feast of the Protection of the Mother of God\u003c\/i\u003e (A Mystery- Jest in Three Acts)\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eReading Guide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe White Lily\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. \u003ci\u003eThree Encounters: Final Poema\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eReading Guide\u003cbr\u003e Three Encounters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSource Notes to the Translations\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52656059941144,"sku":"9780801474798","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/divine-sophia-the-wisdom-writings-of-vladimir-solovyov-paperback-softback-9780801474798","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}