The Transmutation of the Symbolist Ethos
Mystical Anarchism and the Revolution of 1905
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4206402 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal (Fordham University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 608-627 |
| Publication date | 1977-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Slavic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-6779 • E-ISSN: 2325-7784 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2495266 |
| OpenAlex | W2314809637 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 5 |
He [Chulkov] says to me, "mystical anarchism," I say to him, "non-acceptance of the world, supra-individualism, mystical energism," and we understand each other. . . .Viacheslav IvanovThe Revolution of 1905 challenged the symbolists' belief that they could seclude themselves from the rest of society. Forced to reexamine their previous ideas, values, and attitudes, they developed new ideologies that took cognizance of the current crisis. Among the most prominent of the new ideologies was mystical anarchism, the doctrine of the symbolist writers Georgii Chulkov and Viacheslav Ivanov. Particularly attractive to the symbolists, mystical anarchism also influenced other artists and intellectuals; doctrines similar to it proliferated, and it engendered a polemic in which almost all the symbolists took part. Strikingly similar to the mystical anarchism of other periods of social upheaval, both in Russia and in the West, illuminating a facet of the little-known mystical and religious aspects of the Revolution of 1905, and providing an example of the response of apolitical writers and artists to revolutionary upheaval, Chulkov and Ivanov's doctrine merits closer study than it has so far received
Aesthetics · Art · Doctrine · Ethos · Ideology · Individualism · Literature · Mysticism · Political science · Politics · Theology · Anarchism and Radical Politics · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |