The phoenix of philosophy: Russian thought of the late Soviet period (1953-1991)

This groundbreaking work by one of the world's foremost theoreticians of Russian literature, culture and thought gives for the first time an extensive and detailed examination of the development of Russian thought during the late Soviet period.

Countering the traditional view of an intellectual wilderness under the Soviet regime, Mikhail Epstein offers a systematic account of Russian thought in the second half of the 20th century.

In doing so, he provides new insights into previously ignored areas such as Russian liberalism, personalism, structuralism, neo-rationalism and culturology.