Russian Philosophy in the Twenty-First Century

Mikhail Sergeev (Ph.D. Temple University, 1997), Adjunct Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, has authored or edited numerous articles, journals and books, including Theory of Religious Cycles: Tradition, Modernity and the Bahá’í Faith (Brill, 2015).Alexander Chumakov (Ph.D. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1981), Professor of Lomonosov Moscow State University since 1993 and editor-in-chief of the journal Age of Globalization, is the author of more than 650 research works (including 28 monographs and textbooks). He has published in many languages and is the 2015 laureate of the Gusi Peace Prize International.Mary Theis (Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1983), Professor emerita of Russian and French (Kutztown University of Pennsylvania), has authored or edited articles, journals and books, including Mothers and Masters in Contemporary Utopian and Dystopian Literature (Peter Lang, 2009).

• From the EditorsForeword: Russian Philosophy as AnthologyAlyssa DeBlasioAnatolii AkhutinHomo EuropaeusAnatolii AkhutinAlexander ChumakovHistorical and Philosophical Aspects of Global Studies in the Modern Scientific SystemAlexander ChumakovDavid DubrovskiiSolving the Mind-Body Problem: Thomas Nagel’s Article, “Conceiving the Impossible and the Mind-Body Problem,” RevisitedDavid DubrovskiiMikhail EpsteinFrom Analysis to Synthesis: conceiving a Transformative Metaphysics for the Twenty-first CenturyMikhail EpsteinValentina FedotovaTerrorism: an Attempt at ConceptualizationValentina FedotovaFedor GirenokOn Culture’s Turn to Nonconceptual ThinkingFedor GirenokAleksei GriakalovPhilosophy of the Event and Hermeneutics of Memory: evidence of AssertionAleksei GriakalovBoris GroysBecoming CosmicBoris GroysPavel GurevichThe Theme of Man in Russian PhilosophyPavel GurevichSergey HorujySynergic Anthropology: foundations, Goals, ResultsSergey HorujyVladimir KantorThe Problem of Posthumous Existence from Plato to Dostoyevsky: “Bobok,” a Short Story by DostoyevskyVladimir KantorIgor’ KliamkinDemilitarization as a Historical and Cultural IssueIgor’ KliamkinVladimir KutyrevPhilosophy for and by HumansVladimir KutyrevBoris MarkovThe Image of “The Other”: xenophobia and XenophiliaBoris MarkovVadim MezhuevRussia in Search of Its Civilizational IdentityVadim MezhuevAlexander NikiforovThe Value of Science Alexander NikiforovValery PodorogaWhat Does One Really Mean by Asking: “What Is Philosophy?”Valery PodorogaNikolai RozovThe Cyclical Dynamics in Russian HistoryNikolai RozovMikhail SergeevThe Enlightenment Project: reflections on the National Identity of US AmericansMikhail SergeevNatalya ShelkovaiaFriedrich Nietzsche on the Way of Recurrence to OneselfNatalya ShelkovaiaKaren SwassjanTheologia HeterodoxaKaren SwassjanIndex