The cross & the sickle
Subtitle: Sergei Bulgakov and the fate of Russian religious philosophy
By: Catherine Evtuhov.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: Bulgakov, Sergeĭ Nikolaevich, 1871-1944
Other titles: Cross and the sickle
Description: Catherine Evtuhov resurrects the brilliant and contradictory currents of turn-of-the-century Kiev, Moscow, and St. Petersburg through an intellectual biography of Sergei Bulgakov (1871-1944), one of the central figures of the Silver Age. The son of a provincial priest, Bulgakov first served as one of Russia's most original and influential interpreters of Marx, and then went on to become the century's most important theologian of the Russian Orthodox faith.

As Evtuhov recounts the story of Bulgakov's spiritual evolution, she traces the impact of seemingly opposed philosophical and religious worldviews on one another and on the course of political events.

In the first comprehensive analysis of Bulgakov's most important religious-philosophical work, Philosophy of Economy, Evtuhov identifies a "perceptual revolution" in Russian thinking about economy, a significant contribution to European-modernist thought which both shaped and grew out of contemporary debates over land reform.

She reconstructs Bulgakov's vision of an Orthodox, constitutional Russia, shows how he tried to put it into practice in the wake of the February Revolution, and demonstrates its importance for a large and influential portion of Russian society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-272) and index.