Description
Patrick Lally Michelson's intellectual history of asceticism in Russian Orthodox thought traces the development of these competing arguments from the early nineteenth century to the early months of World War I. He demonstrates that this discourse was an imaginative interpretation of lived Orthodoxy, primarily meant to satisfy the ideological needs of Russian thinkers and Orthodox intellectuals as they responded to the socioeconomic, political, and cultural challenges of modernity.
About the Author
Patrick Lally Michelson is an assistant professor of religious studies at Indiana University and the coeditor of Thinking Orthodox in Modern Russia.
Reviews
Impressive in its analytical breadth and astute in its interpretive depth, this is an engaging, lucid, and original contribution to the history of modern Russian thought and modern Orthodoxy."" -Vera Shevzov,Smith College
Book Information
ISBN 9780299312008
Author Patrick Lally Michelson
Format Hardback
Page Count 288
Imprint University of Wisconsin Press
Publisher University of Wisconsin Press
Weight(grams) 580g