Against the Current;: Selections from the Novels, Essays, Notes, and Letters of Konstantin Leontiev

326 Pages·1969·34.499 MB·English

by  Konstantin Leontev, George Ivask

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Against the Current
AGAINST
Selections from
Edited, with an Introduction
and Notes, by George Ivask
TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN BY
GEORGE REAVEY
THE CURRENT
the novels, essays, notes, and letters oj
'Xonstantin Leontiev
Weybricjbt and Talley New York
Copyright © 1969 by George Ivask and George Reavey
All rights reserved, including the
right to reproduce this book or portions
thereof in any form.
Published in the United States by
WEYBRIGHT AND TALLEY, INC.
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New York, New York 10022
Published simultaneously in Canada by
CLARKE, IRWIN & COMPANY, LTD.
Toronto and Vancouver
Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-31243
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Contents
The Other Russian: Konstantin Leontiev
BY GEORGE IVASK, IX
EXPERIENCE
FATHER
3
MOTHER 6
narcissus i iy
NARCISSUS II ig
CHRIST 22
A PRIEST'S DAUGHTER, POOR GIRL 2^
THE MEDICAL STUDENT $2
TURGENEV 36
REJECTING A BRIDE 44
Contents v
ARMY DOCTOR IN THE CRIMEA ^]
THE SURRENDER OF KERCH IN 1855 S4
CONSUL IN ADRIANOPLE 62
CONSUL IN TULCEA (RUMANIA) 67
CONSUL IN YANINA J^
MIRACLE IN SALONIKA 95
ON MOUNT ATHOS 99
THE ELDERS OF MOUNT ATHOS 10%
ON THE ELDERS OF THE OPTINA MONASTERY 108
YOUNG FRIENDS HJ
LEONTIEV'S SERVANTS 120
THE ELDER AMBROSIUS 12$
THE DEATH OF FATHER AMBROSIUS 12J
PHILOSOPHY
A CONVERSATION WITH A NIHILIST ABOUT AESTHETICS 133
THE RAPACIOUS AESTHETE 137
AESTHETICS I 1^1
AESTHETICS II 1^2
THE TRIUNE PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT l^J
THE AVERAGE EUROPEAN 1JO
PROUDHON AND HERZEN
1J2
THRACE 174
GREEKS, BULGARIANS, AND RUSSIANS l8$
RUSSIA AND THE RUSSIANS 203
BYZANTIUM AND RUSSIA 20J
FUNDAMENTAL THESES 210
THE PATHS OF RUSSIA 212
FREEZING RUSSIA 21J
THE WARMING UP OF RUSSIA 219
ANTICHRIST IN RUSSIA 222
CATHOLICISM 22/\
THE MIND 226
THE REJECTION OF AESTHETICS 22%
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