Boris Vysheslavtsev
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Boris Vysheslavtsev | |
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| Born | Boris Petrovich Vysheslavtsev October 1877 |
| Died | October 5, 1954 (aged 76) |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Russian philosophy |
| School | Russian Religious Renaissance |
Boris Petrovich Vysheslavtsev (Russian: Бори́с Петро́вич Вышесла́вцев; 1877– October 5, 1954) was a Russian philosopher who belonged to the Russian Silver Age and Renaissance of Religion and Philosophy.[1]
He did his doctorate on Fichte in 1914[2] and became a lecturer, later professor in the philosophy of law at Moscow University.[1]: 203 In September 1922, he became one of a group of prominent writers, scholars and intellectuals who were sent into forced exile on the so-called "philosophers' ships".[3]: 575 He emigrated first to Berlin, then in 1924 to Paris. He spent most of his life at the Orthodox Theological Institute.[4] While in Paris, he published the book The Ethics of a Transfigured Eros (1931). This book deals with the Christianisation of Freudian sublimation and is universally considered Vysheslavtsev's best work.[5]: 203 He is noted for an attempt to apply concepts of depth psychology to ethics and to the interpretation of Christian doctrine.[6]
During World War II, Vysheslavtsev collaborated with the Nazis, helping them write anti-Soviet propaganda. After the war, he fled to Switzerland to avoid prosecution.[7]
Books
Available in English translation:
- The Eternal in Russian Philosophy. Translated by Penelope V. Burt. Grand Rapids, MI, and Cambridge, U.K.: Eerdmans, 2002.
