Русские космисты: Эзотерический футуризм Николая Федорова и его

The Russian Cosmists: The Esoteric Futurism of Nikolai Fedorov and His Followers

In the nineteenth and early twentieth century, a controversial school of Russian thinkers emerged, convinced that humanity was entering an advanced stage of evolution and must assume a new, active, managerial role in the cosmos. In the first account in English of this fascinating school, George M. Young offers a dynamic and wide-ranging examination of the lives and ideas of the Russian Cosmists. Although they wrote as scientists, theologians, and philosophers, Young shows that the Cosmists addressed topics traditionally confined to occult and esoteric literature. Their writings explored the extension of the human life span to establish universal immortality; the restoration of life to the dead; the regulation of nature so that all manifestations of blind natural force were under rational human control; the effect of cosmic rays and other particles of energy on human history; and practical steps toward eventual human control over the flow of time.

• Autor: George M. (Fellow Young
• Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
• Rok wydania: 2012
• Okładka: twarda
• Liczba stron: 296
• Wymiary: 24.1 x 16.4 x 2.4 cm
• Język: Angielski
• ISBN: 9780199892945