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Russian Cosmism
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Author : Boris Groys
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2018-02-16
Russian Cosmism written by Boris Groys and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-16 with Art categories.
Crucial texts, many available in English for the first time, written before and during the Bolshevik Revolution by the radical biopolitical utopianists of Russian Cosmism. Cosmism emerged in Russia before the October Revolution and developed through the 1920s and 1930s; like Marxism and the European avant-garde, two other movements that shared this intellectual moment, Russian Cosmism rejected the contemplative for the transformative, aiming to create not merely new art or philosophy but a new world. Cosmism went the furthest in its visions of transformation, calling for the end of death, the resuscitation of the dead, and free movement in cosmic space. This volume collects crucial texts, many available in English for the first time, by the radical biopolitical utopianists of Russian Cosmism. Cosmism was developed by the Russian philosopher Nikolai Fedorov in the late nineteenth century; he believed that humans had an ethical obligation not only to care for the sick but to cure death using science and technology; outer space was the territory of both immortal life and infinite resources. After the revolution, a new generation pursued Fedorov's vision. Cosmist ideas inspired visual artists, poets, filmmakers, theater directors, novelists (Tolstoy and Dostoevsky read Fedorov's writings), architects, and composers, and influenced Soviet politics and technology. In the 1930s, Stalin quashed Cosmism, jailing or executing many members of the movement. Today, when the philosophical imagination has again become entangled with scientific and technological imagination, the works of the Russian Cosmists seem newly relevant. Contributors Alexander Bogdanov, Alexander Chizhevsky, Nikolai Fedorov, Boris Groys, Valerian Muravyev, Alexander Svyatogor, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Anton Vidokle, Brian Kuan Wood A copublication with e-flux, New York
The Russian Cosmists
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Author : George M. Young
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2012-08-16
The Russian Cosmists written by George M. Young and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-16 with History categories.
The ideas of the Cosmists have in recent decades been rediscovered and embraced by many Russian intellectuals. Here, Young offers a dynamic and wide-ranging examination of the lives and ideas of the Russian Cosmists.
The Origins Of Planetary Ethics In The Philosophy Of Russian Cosmism
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Author : A. Bezgodov
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2019-01-28
The Origins Of Planetary Ethics In The Philosophy Of Russian Cosmism written by A. Bezgodov and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-28 with Philosophy categories.
In this book, Aleksandr V. Bezgodov and Konstantin V. Barezhev formulate planetary ethics—the most important part of the philosophy of the Planetary Project. Planetary ethics represent the moral basis and value code for building a biocompatible, harmonious, and manageable civilization. They analyze the moral and ethical views of those Russian cosmists who belonged to the natural science branch of this unique philosophical, scientific, and cultural phenomenon. Looking at the world through the prism of a planetary-cosmic consciousness, cosmists developed a system of biocentric and humanistic values. Russian cosmism is a spiritual rebellion of life against chaos, death, and limitation. A combination of science, philosophy, poetry, and a certain utopianism extended on a universal scale makes Russian cosmism a prologue to the modern nonclassical, science-based worldview that emphasizes synergy and globalism. Back in the late nineteenth to early twentieth century, cosmists focused on a united humanity and the principles of a close relationship between man and the universe. This monograph lays the groundwork for the planetary ethics that originated in the philosophy of Russian cosmism. The monograph continues the series of books of the Planetary Project, Planetary Project: From Sustainable Development to Managed Harmony and Planetary Rent as an Instrument for Solving Global Problems.
A Cosmist Manifesto
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Author : Ben Goertzel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-07
A Cosmist Manifesto written by Ben Goertzel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07 with Science categories.
The term Cosmism was introduced by Tsiolokovsky and other Russian Cosmists around 1900. Goertzel's "Cosmist Manifesto" gives it new life and a new twist for the 21st century. Cosmism, as Goertzel presents it, is a practical philosophy for the posthuman era. Rooted in Western and Eastern philosophy as well as modern technology and science, it is a way of understanding ourselves and our universe that makes sense now, and will keep on making sense as advanced technology exerts its transformative impact as the future unfolds. Among the many topics considered are AI, nanotechnology, uploading, immortality, psychedelics, meditation, future social structures, psi phenomena, alien and cetacean intelligence and the Singularity. The Cosmist perspective is shown to make plain old common sense of even the wildest future possibilities.
Art Without Death
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Author : E-Flux Journal
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2017-09-08
Art Without Death written by E-Flux Journal and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-08 with Art categories.
According to the nineteenth-century teachings of Nikolai Fedorov—librarian, religious philosopher, and progenitor of Russian cosmism—our ethical obligation to use reason and knowledge to care for the sick extends to curing the dead of their terminal status. The dead must be brought back to life using means of advanced technology—resurrected not as souls in heaven, but in material form, in this world, with all their memories and knowledge. Fedorov's call to redistribute vital forces is wildly imaginative in emancipatory ambition. Today, it might appear arcane in its mystical panpsychism or eccentric in its embrace of realities that exist only in science fiction or certain diabolical strains of Silicon Valley techno-utopian ideology. It can be difficult to grasp how it ended up influencing the thinking behind a generation of young revolutionary anarchists and Marxists who incorporated Fedorov's ideas under their own brand of biocosmism before the 1917 Russian Revolution, even giving rise to the origins of the Soviet space program. This book of interviews and conversations with today's most compelling living and resurrected artists and thinkers seeks to address the relevance of Russian cosmism and biocosmism in light of its influence on the Russian artistic and political vanguard as well as on today's art-historical apparatuses, weird materialisms, extinction narratives, and historical and temporal politics. This unprecedented collection of exchanges on cosmism asks how such an encompassing and imaginative, unapologetically humanist and anthropocentric strain of thinking could have been so historically and politically influential, especially when placed alongside the politically inconsequential—but in some sense equally encompassing—apocalypticism of contemporary realist imaginaries. Contributors Bart De Baere, Franco “Bifo” Berardi, Boris Groys, Elena Shaposhnikova, Marina Simakova, Hito Steyerl, Anton Vidokle, Brian Kuan Wood, Arseny Zhilyaev, Esther Zonsheim Published in parallel with the eponymous exhibition at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin. Series edited by Julieta Aranda, Brian Kuan Wood, Stephen Squibb, Anton Vidokle Design by Jeff Ramsey, front cover design by Liam Gillick
Cosmism
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Author : Yoda Oraiah
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-06
Cosmism written by Yoda Oraiah and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06 with categories.
Standing on the riches of humanity's holy books and traditions, drawing on our wealth of scientific and technological knowledge, and injecting his own creativity and humour, Yoda Oraiah presents his readers with a potential new religion-Cosmism. Cosmism: A New Hope for Humanity is a thorough exploration of human belief and creed through history, accompanied by an exhaustive detailing of a new way, a new understanding, and an inspired approach to life. Cosmism is a Space Age philosophical model and belief system that is built upon the aspects of intelligence and consciousness present in the universe. It sees the entire Cosmos as God and humans as part and parcel of this great orderly system we seem to live in. Cosmists believe that since we are part of this Cosmos, we have the capacity to influence its life and evolution, and our relationship with this greatest system is something important to recognize and cherish in our lives. Hard-hitting, thought-provoking, and entertaining, Cosmism: A New Hope for Humanity will challenge readers to explore their place in the Cosmos and their relationship with its other inhabitants.
The Impact Of American And Russian Cosmism On The Representation Of Space Exploration In 20th Century American And Soviet Space Art
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Author : Kornelia Boczkowska
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
The Impact Of American And Russian Cosmism On The Representation Of Space Exploration In 20th Century American And Soviet Space Art written by Kornelia Boczkowska and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with categories.
The Influence Of Russian Cosmism On Russian Culture
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Author : Sal Susu
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2021-01-26
The Influence Of Russian Cosmism On Russian Culture written by Sal Susu and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-26 with Philosophy categories.
Essay from the year 2020 in the subject Philosophy - Philosophy of the 19th Century, grade: R, , language: English, abstract: The paper discusses the topic of the influence of Russian Cosmism on Russian culture. Russian Cosmism is a philosophical movement that emerged in the early 1900s when many scientific discoveries were taking place, such as the discovery of radioactivity, viruses, and galaxies other than the Milky Way. Russia’s governmental system was also transforming into a state capitalistic and socialist system, and nationalism was expanding more than ever. Many new, and even anarchist movements were also arising as a result, sometimes in retaliation, such as the Futurist movement. Russian Cosmism therefore was a way to answer many anxiety-laden questions that were arising as a result of the changes taking place in Russian society. Such questions also inquired about the meaning of life, and why such changes were even occurring in the first place. In finding answers to such questions, humans could then figure out ways for how to control themselves as a society, as well as their environment, and therefore, save themselves from any future self-destruction.
The Future Of Immortality
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Author : Anya Bernstein
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2019-06-25
The Future Of Immortality written by Anya Bernstein and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-25 with Social Science categories.
A gripping account of the Russian visionaries who are pursuing human immortality As long as we have known death, we have dreamed of life without end. In The Future of Immortality, Anya Bernstein explores the contemporary Russian communities of visionaries and utopians who are pressing at the very limits of the human. The Future of Immortality profiles a diverse cast of characters, from the owners of a small cryonics outfit to scientists inaugurating the field of biogerontology, from grassroots neurotech enthusiasts to believers in the Cosmist ideas of the Russian Orthodox thinker Nikolai Fedorov. Bernstein puts their debates and polemics in the context of a long history of immortalist thought in Russia, with global implications that reach to Silicon Valley and beyond. If aging is a curable disease, do we have a moral obligation to end the suffering it causes? Could immortality be the foundation of a truly liberated utopian society extending beyond the confines of the earth—something that Russians, historically, have pondered more than most? If life without end requires radical genetic modification or separating consciousness from our biological selves, how does that affect what it means to be human? As vividly written as any novel, The Future of Immortality is a fascinating account of techno-scientific and religious futurism—and the ways in which it hopes to transform our very being.
What Was Man Created For
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Author : Nikolaĭ Fedorovich Fedorov
language : en
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Release Date : 1990
What Was Man Created For written by Nikolaĭ Fedorovich Fedorov and has been published by Hyperion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Philosophy categories.
Taken from the The Philosophy of the Common Task and Essays, this is a selection of the writings of the Russian mystic philosopher who had an influence on such contemporaries as Tolstoy and Solov'ev. His ideas, once thought far-fetched, are now found to have been prophetic. He lived at a time of intense intellectual controversy, artistic creativity and scientific development in Russia, while at the same time, there was growing world-wide militarism, civic strife and labour unrest. Fedorov was deeply distressed by this state of discord and looked for a means to develop brotherly feeling and ways to divert human energies from war towards dealing more effectively with such natural disasters as floods, droughts, earthquakes and hurricanes.