Nikolai Berdyaev Moral Insights for our Human Future

This collected volume brings attention to the understudied work of the Russian philosopher, theologian, and Christian existentialist, Nikolai Berdyaev (1874-1948), showing that his philosophy is important for the present and future. It appeals to students, researchers and the general audience in revealing that through Berdyaev, humanity does not simply evolve from the biological to the technological but rather it is a presence and spiritual experience that places beings in the cosmos and provides real meaning.  This edited volume presents contributions from a diverse group of scholars filling a lacuna in the scholarship of this classical thinker.

.- Catalina Elena Dobre & Ivan Ivlampie: INTRODUCTION.- George Pattison: THE INTERROGATIONS OF NIKOLAI BERDYAEV.- Igor Evlampiev: CREATIVE OVERCOMING OF TIME IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF NIKOLAI BERDYAEV.- Ivan Ivlampie: NIKOLAI BERDIAEV AND EXISTENTIAL PERSONALISM. ON OBJECTIFICATION AND THE SLAVERY OF MAN.- Viviana Ivlampie: APRIORISM AND ESCHATOLOGY IN BERDYAEV’S ETHICS.- Catalina Elena Dobre: SPIRITUAL GROWTH. FREEDOM AND THE ETHICAL TASK TO FIGHT AGAINST EVIL.- Sofía V. Androsenko: NICHOLAS BERDYAEV'S PARADOXICAL ETHICS: RESEARCHING THE PHILOSOPHER’S ANTHROPOLOGICAL FINDINGS.- Liviu Iulian Cocei: THE SPIRITUAL PATHS OF CHRISTIAN EXISTENTIALISM IN BERDYAEV’S PHILOSOPHY.- Ion Cordonenau: NIKOLAI BERDYAEV: AN ATTEMPT AT THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY.- Mihai Androne: BERDYAEV’S RADICAL APOPHATICISM.

Catalina Elena Dobre is a Professor and Researcher with a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Iasi, Romania (2004). She is a member of the National System of Research Level 2, a member of Sociedad Iberoamericana de Estudios Kierkegaardianos and is the Editor-in-Chief of Revista de Estudios Kierkegaardianos (México). She specializes in Søren Kierkegaard’s philosophy, in existential philosophy and also in anthropological, ethical, and cultural topics. Currently, she is a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Humanities and Education, Tecnológico de Monterrey, México.

Ivan Ivlampie is a graduate of the Department of History and Philosophy, "Al. I. Cuza" University of Ia?i (1987), Romania. He is currently a Professor at "Dunarea de Jos" University of Gala?i, Department of History, Philosophy, Sociology, and International Relations. From 2008 to 2016, He served as the Dean of this Faculty. Professionally, he teaches courses in the History of Contemporary Philosophy, Philosophy of Culture, Psychoanalysis, and European Identity and Otherness.