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'''Mystical Anarchism''' was a tendency within the [[Russian Symbolism|Russian Symbolist]] movement after 1906, especially between 1906 and late 1908. It was created and popularized by [[Georgy Chulkov]]. |
'''Mystical Anarchism''' was a tendency within the [[Russian Symbolism|Russian Symbolist]] movement after 1906, especially between 1906 and late 1908. It was created and popularized by [[Georgy Chulkov]]. |
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In 1906, Chulkov edited ''Fakely'' (''Torches''), an anthology of Symbolist writing, which called on Russian writers to: |
In 1906, Chulkov edited ''Fakely'' (''Torches''), an anthology of Symbolist writing, which called on Russian writers to: |
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:abandon Symbolism and [[Decadence]] and move forward to "new [[mystical]] experience".<ref>Joan Delaney Grossman. "Rise and Decline of the 'Literary' journal: 1880-1917" in ''Literary Journals in Imperial Russia'', ed. Deborah A. Martinsen, Cambridge University Press, 1997, ISBN |
:abandon Symbolism and [[Decadent movement|Decadence]] and move forward to "new [[mystical]] experience".<ref>Joan Delaney Grossman. "Rise and Decline of the 'Literary' journal: 1880-1917" in ''Literary Journals in Imperial Russia'', ed. Deborah A. Martinsen, Cambridge University Press, 1997, {{ISBN|0-521-57292-4}}, p.186</ref> |
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Later in the year Chulkov followed up with a "Mystical Anarchism" manifesto. |
Later in the year Chulkov followed up with a "Mystical Anarchism" manifesto.<ref>''O misticheskom anarkhizme'', 1906, 57p. English translation as ''On Mystical Anarchism'' in ''Russian Titles for the Specialist'' no. 16, Letchworth, Prideaux P., 1971.</ref> |
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The doctrine has been described as: |
The doctrine has been described as: |
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:a mish-mash of [[Friedrich Nietzsche| |
:a mish-mash of [[Friedrich Nietzsche|Nietzsche]], [[Alexander Herzen|Herzen]], [[Mikhail Bakunin|Bakunin]], [[Dmitry Merezhkovsky|Merezhkovsky]] (Chulkov was a former editor of ''[[New Path]]''), [[Henrik Ibsen|Ibsen]], [[George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron|Byron]], [[utopian socialism]], [[Leo Tolstoy|Tolstoy]]'s [[Christian anarchism]], and [[Fyodor Dostoevsky|Dostoyevsky]]'s rejection of necessity.<ref>Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal. ''New Myth, New World: From Nietzsche to Stalinism'', Penn State Press, 2002, {{ISBN|0-271-02533-6}} p. 42</ref> |
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[[Alexander Blok]] and especially [[Vyacheslav Ivanov (poet)|Vyacheslav Ivanov]] were supportive of the new doctrine while [[Valery Bryusov]], the editor of the leading Symbolist magazine ''The Balance'', and [[Andrei Bely]] were opposed to it. The resulting controversy raged on the pages of Russian Symbolist magazines until late 1908. |
[[Alexander Blok]] and especially [[Vyacheslav Ivanov (poet)|Vyacheslav Ivanov]] were supportive of the new doctrine while [[Valery Bryusov]], the editor of the leading Symbolist magazine ''The Balance'', and [[Andrei Bely]] were opposed to it. The resulting controversy raged on the pages of Russian Symbolist magazines until late 1908. |
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==Notes== |
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*Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal. "The Transmutation of the Symbolist [[Ethos]]: Mystical Anarchism and the [[Russian Revolution of 1905|Revolution of 1905]]" in ''Slavic Review'' 36, No. 4 (December 1977), pp. |
*Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal. "The Transmutation of the Symbolist [[Ethos]]: Mystical Anarchism and the [[Russian Revolution of 1905|Revolution of 1905]]" in ''Slavic Review'' 36, No. 4 (December 1977), pp. 608–627. |
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Latest revision as of 21:46, 9 May 2024
Mystical Anarchism was a tendency within the Russian Symbolist movement after 1906, especially between 1906 and late 1908. It was created and popularized by Georgy Chulkov.
In 1906, Chulkov edited Fakely (Torches), an anthology of Symbolist writing, which called on Russian writers to:
Later in the year Chulkov followed up with a "Mystical Anarchism" manifesto.[2]
The doctrine has been described as:
- a mish-mash of Nietzsche, Herzen, Bakunin, Merezhkovsky (Chulkov was a former editor of New Path), Ibsen, Byron, utopian socialism, Tolstoy's Christian anarchism, and Dostoyevsky's rejection of necessity.[3]
Alexander Blok and especially Vyacheslav Ivanov were supportive of the new doctrine while Valery Bryusov, the editor of the leading Symbolist magazine The Balance, and Andrei Bely were opposed to it. The resulting controversy raged on the pages of Russian Symbolist magazines until late 1908.
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Joan Delaney Grossman. "Rise and Decline of the 'Literary' journal: 1880-1917" in Literary Journals in Imperial Russia, ed. Deborah A. Martinsen, Cambridge University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-521-57292-4, p.186
- ^ O misticheskom anarkhizme, 1906, 57p. English translation as On Mystical Anarchism in Russian Titles for the Specialist no. 16, Letchworth, Prideaux P., 1971.
- ^ Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal. New Myth, New World: From Nietzsche to Stalinism, Penn State Press, 2002, ISBN 0-271-02533-6 p. 42
References
[edit]- Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal. "The Transmutation of the Symbolist Ethos: Mystical Anarchism and the Revolution of 1905" in Slavic Review 36, No. 4 (December 1977), pp. 608–627.
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