Russian Philosophy in the Twenty-First Century: An Anthology

Russian Philosophy in the Twenty-First Century: An Anthology provides the English-speaking world with access to post-Soviet philosophic thought in Russia for the first time. The Anthology presents the fundamental range of contemporary philosophical problems in the works of prominent Russian thinkers. In contrast to the ＂single-mindedness＂ of Soviet-era philosophers and the bias toward Orthodox Christianity of émigré philosophers, it offers to its readers the authors’ plurality of different positions in widely diverse texts. Here one finds strictly academic philosophical works and those in an applied, pragmatic format--secular and religious--that are dedicated to complex social and political matters, to pressing cultural topics or insights into international terrorism, as well as to contemporary science and global challenges.

Mikhail Sergeev (Ph.D. Temple University, 1997), Adjunct Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, has published or edited numerous articles, journals and books, including Theory of Religious Cycles: Tradition, Modernity and the Bahá’í Faith (Brill, 2015).

Alexander Chumakov (Ph.D. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1981), Professor (1993) of Lomonosov Moscow State University, editor-in-chief of the journal, Age of Globalization, the author of more than 650 research works (including 28 monographs and textbooks) published in many languages. Laureate of Gusi Peace Prize International (2015).

Mary Theis (Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1983), Professor of Russian and French, emerita (Kutztown University of Pennsylvania), has published or edited articles, journals and books, including Mothers and Masters in Contemporary Utopian and Dystopian Literature (Peter Lang, 2009).