Women Philosophers and Russia - Contemporary Russian Philosophy Hardcover

About the Book

Despite their strong leadership presence in Soviet academia, women philosophers have remained largely unrecognized for their original thought, remembered instead as translators, teachers, and caretakers of ideas. Women Philosophers and Russia situates and analyzes the philosophical contributions of female philosophers--and the significance of women's issues more broadly--within the intellectual history of the Russian imperial, Soviet, and post-Soviet periods.

Book Synopsis

Despite their strong leadership presence in Soviet academia, women philosophers have remained largely unrecognized for their original thought, remembered instead as translators, teachers, and caretakers of ideas. Women Philosophers and Russia both situates and analyzes the philosophical contributions of female philosophers--and the significance of women's issues more broadly--in intellectual history from the imperial to post-Soviet eras. Bringing together an interdisciplinary collective of sixteen scholars, the volume examines the ideas, careers, and lives of thinkers like Zinaida Stolitsa, Vera Volkovich, Ayn Rand, Liubov Akselrod, Olga Tankhilevich, Nelly Motroshilova, Piama Gaidenko, Aleksandra Kollontai, Marie Goldsmith, Myrrha Lot-Borodine, Sofia Gubaidulina, Lidiya Ginzburg, and Zinaida Mirkina, redefining the contours of philosophical inquiry in the process of bringing their ideas to light.

About the Author

Tatiana Levina is a visiting researcher of the CUPOLA project at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, specializing in the contributions of female philosophers in Soviet-era philosophy.
Alyssa DeBlasio is Professor of Russian and John B. Parsons Chair in the Liberal Arts and Sciences at Dickinson College (USA). Her research sits at the intersections of literature, film, and philosophy.
Oksana Goncharko is a specialist in the history of logic and Platonic philosophy in Byzantium and its reception in post-Byzantine traditions, as well as in the history of non-classical logics and argumentation theory from Antiquity up through the late Soviet era, with an emphasis on women's contributions.