Philosophy of economy

The World as Household

Bibliographic Data

ID6532390
AuthorsSergei Bulgakov (0000-0002-7348-0194), Sergeĭ Nikolaevich Bulgakov, Catherine Evtuhov
Year2000
Pages347
Publication date2000-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenuePhilosophy of economy (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherYale University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.12987/yale/9780300079906.001.0001
OpenAlexW4234507702
ISBN9780300079906
Open LibraryOL50730M
LanguageEN
Citations received13

The writings of Sergei Bulgakov (1871-1944), like those of other major social thinkers of Russia's Silver Age, were obliterated from public consciousness under Soviet rule. Discovered again after eighty years of silence, Bulgakov's work speaks with remarkable directness of the postmodern listener. This translation of Philosophy of Economy brings to English-language speakers for the first time a major work of social theory written by a critical figure in the Russian tradition of liberal thought.". "What is unique about Bulgakov, Catherine Evtuhov explains in her introduction to this book, is that he bridges two worlds. His social thought is firmly based in the Western tradition, yet some of his ideas reflect a specifically Russian way of thinking about society. Though arguing strenuously in favor of political and social liberty, Bulgakov repudiates the individualistic basis of Western liberalism in favor of a conception of human dignity that is compatible with collectivity. His economic theory stresses the spiritual content of life in the world and imagines national life as a kind of giant household Bulgakov's work, with its singularly postmodern balance between Western and non-Western, offers fascinating implications for those in the process of reevaluating ideologies in post-Soviet Russia and in America as well."--BOOK JACKET

Aesthetics · Dignity · economic theory · Economic Thought · Epistemology · Ideology · Individualism · Liberalism · philosophy of economics · Political science · Politics · Postmodernism · Silence · Sociology · Economic Theory and Institutions · Historical Economic and Legal Thought · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Society, Economy, and Ethics Research · Economics · Economics, philosophy