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No Religion Higher Than Truth : A History of the Theosophical Movement in Russia, 1875-1922 / Maria Carlson.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1750Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©1993Description: 1 online resource (310 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780691607818
  • 9781400872794
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  • 299/.934/094709034 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Esoteric Tradition and the Russian Silver Age -- One. A Historical Survey of Russian Occult Interests -- Two. The Early Days of Theosophy in Russia (1875-1901) -- Three. The Theosophical Society in Russia (1901-1917) -- Four. Other Russian Theosophical Movements -- Five. Theosophical Doctrine: An Outline -- Six. The Russian Reception of Theosophical Thought -- Seven. The Russian Theosophical Movement after 1917 -- Afterword: Theosophy’s Impact on Fin de Siècle Russian Culture -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography: Theosophical and Related Works Published in Russia between 1881 and 1918 -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Among the various kinds of occultism popular during the Russian Silver Age (1890-1914), modern Theosophy was by far the most intellectually significant. This contemporary gnostic gospel was invented and disseminated by Helena Blavatsky, an expatriate Russian with an enthusiasm for Buddhist thought and a genius for self-promotion. What distinguished Theosophy from the other kinds of "mysticism"—the spiritualism, table turning, fortune-telling, and magic—that fascinated the Russian intelligentsia of the period? In answering this question, Maria Carlson offers the first scholarly study of a controversial but important movement in its Russian context.Carlson's is the only work on this topic written by an intellectual historian not ideologically committed to Theosophy. Placing Mme Blavatsky and her "secret doctrine" in a Russian setting, the book also discusses independent Russian Theosophical circles and the impact of the Theosophical-Anthroposophical schism in Russia. It surveys the vigorous polemics of the Theosophists and their critics, demonstrates Theosophy's role in the philosophical dialogues of the Russian creative intelligentsia, and chronicles the demise of the movement after 1917. By exploring this long neglected aspect of the Silver Age, Carlson greatly enriches our knowledge of fin-de-sicle Russian culture.Originally published in 1993.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Esoteric Tradition and the Russian Silver Age -- One. A Historical Survey of Russian Occult Interests -- Two. The Early Days of Theosophy in Russia (1875-1901) -- Three. The Theosophical Society in Russia (1901-1917) -- Four. Other Russian Theosophical Movements -- Five. Theosophical Doctrine: An Outline -- Six. The Russian Reception of Theosophical Thought -- Seven. The Russian Theosophical Movement after 1917 -- Afterword: Theosophy’s Impact on Fin de Siècle Russian Culture -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography: Theosophical and Related Works Published in Russia between 1881 and 1918 -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

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Among the various kinds of occultism popular during the Russian Silver Age (1890-1914), modern Theosophy was by far the most intellectually significant. This contemporary gnostic gospel was invented and disseminated by Helena Blavatsky, an expatriate Russian with an enthusiasm for Buddhist thought and a genius for self-promotion. What distinguished Theosophy from the other kinds of "mysticism"—the spiritualism, table turning, fortune-telling, and magic—that fascinated the Russian intelligentsia of the period? In answering this question, Maria Carlson offers the first scholarly study of a controversial but important movement in its Russian context.Carlson's is the only work on this topic written by an intellectual historian not ideologically committed to Theosophy. Placing Mme Blavatsky and her "secret doctrine" in a Russian setting, the book also discusses independent Russian Theosophical circles and the impact of the Theosophical-Anthroposophical schism in Russia. It surveys the vigorous polemics of the Theosophists and their critics, demonstrates Theosophy's role in the philosophical dialogues of the Russian creative intelligentsia, and chronicles the demise of the movement after 1917. By exploring this long neglected aspect of the Silver Age, Carlson greatly enriches our knowledge of fin-de-sicle Russian culture.Originally published in 1993.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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