The Moscow Pythagoreans
Mathematics, Mysticism, and Anti-Semitism in Russian Symbolism
Nonfiction, History, Asian, Russia, Modern
| Author: | Ilona Svetlikova | ISBN: | 9781137338280 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | July 5, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Pivot | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ilona Svetlikova |
| ISBN: | 9781137338280 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | July 5, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Pivot |
| Language: | English |
In Russia at the turn of the twentieth century, mysticism, anti-Semitism, and mathematical theory fused into a distinctive intellectual movement. Through analyses of such seemingly disparate subjects as Moscow mathematical circles and the 1913 novel Petersburg, this book illuminates a forgotten aspect of Russian cultural and intellectual history.
In Russia at the turn of the twentieth century, mysticism, anti-Semitism, and mathematical theory fused into a distinctive intellectual movement. Through analyses of such seemingly disparate subjects as Moscow mathematical circles and the 1913 novel Petersburg, this book illuminates a forgotten aspect of Russian cultural and intellectual history.
