Lev Shestov's Angel of Death by Marina G Ogden
Based on new research and translations of unpublished writings by Russian emigre philosopher Lev Shestov, this book analyses the thoughts of one of the most influential thinkers of the past century in an interdisciplinary context. His work is read in the light of pivotal figures such as Dostoevsky, Husserl, Jaspers, Buber and Freud.«Marina GOgden offers a competitive and comprehensive look at the prominent Russian thinker Lev Shestov. This valuable book, based on archival sources, provides good historical background for Shestov’s investigations, which is very important for a better understanding not only Russian religious thought but also Western philosophy of the twentieth century.» (Professor Teresa Obolevitch, The Pontifical University of John Paul II, Krakow)
«The pioneering Russian existentialist Lev Shestov influenced Camus, Bataille, Celan and many others. In this absorbing study, Marina G. Ogden shows how his «parable» of the many-eyed Angel of Death anticipates much recent thinking about trauma and its effects in setting a life on a unique and sometimes creative path.» (David M. Black, the author of Why Things Matter: The Place of Values in Science, Psychoanalysis and Religion)
«Marina G. Ogden’s Lev Shestov’s Angel of Death is a unique and invaluable contribution not only to the scholarship on Shestov but also to a concern that is continues to occupy anyone who has wrestled with the problematic relation between life and meaning, between death and meaninglessness. Her important book is at once deeply informed, profoundly wise, and urgently needful.» (David Patterson, Review in Studies in East European Thought, March 2022)
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Marina G. Ogden holds a BA in Humanities from St Petersburg’s Herzen University (the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia), an MRes in Art Theory and Philosophy from Central Saint Martins UAL and a PhD in Modern Languages and Cultures from the University of Glasgow. A Research Affiliate in Theology and Religious Studies at the School of Critical Studies of the University of Glasgow, a Research Assistant at The Lev Shestov Studies Society and an award-winning artist, she is an interdisciplinary researcher, specializing in the philosophy of Lev Shestov and nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian and European philosophy and culture. She has published articles, given interviews and created artwork on the subjects of philosophy and art, Lev Shestov, R. G. Collingwood, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Friedrich Nietzsche, Søren Kierkegaard and Sigmund Freud.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781800791121 |
| ISBN 10 | 1800791127 |
| Title | Lev Shestov's Angel of Death |
| Author | Marina G Ogden |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Peter Lang International Academic Publishers |
| Year published | 2021-09-30 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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