Kazantzakis :: Politics of the Spirit, Volume 1.
How the Odyssey reflects Kazantzakis's political convictions. Notes; References; Index.
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| Zusammenfassung: | How the Odyssey reflects Kazantzakis's political convictions. Notes; References; Index. ""No author who lives in Greece, "" writes Peter Bien, ""can avoid politics."" This first volume of his major intellectual biography of Nikos Kazantzakis approaches the distinguished--and controversial--writer by describing his struggle with political questions that were in reality aspects of a fervent religious search. Beginning with Kazantzakis's early career in fin-de-siècle Paris and his discovery of William James, Nietzsche, and Bergson, the book continues by describing his experiments with communism in turbulent Greece, his visits to Soviet Russia, and the publication of his epi. |
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| spelling | Bien, Peter. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxcXqpkjyC4Hy7H67qWjC http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50011239 Kazantzakis : Politics of the Spirit, Volume 1. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2012. 1 online resource (659 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Princeton Modern Greek Studies Print version record. Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the paperback edition; Preface; A note on documentation and transliteration; List of works; Chronology; One. Why Kazantzakis is not a Political Writer; Politics or metapolitics?; The essential; the adventitious; continuity.; Nationalism equals purposeless heroism.; The kravyí: A metapolitical "right act."; Two. Philosophical Studies in Paris; William James.; Friedrich Nietzsche.; Henri Bergson.; Three. Development of Kazantzakis's (Meta- )Communism; The Asia Minor disaster as the stimulus for Kazantzakis's idiosyncratic communism. Vienna: Political yearnings versus Buddhism. Berlin: Bookish and other influences; educational reform.; Askitikí.; Four. The Iráklion Incident and the Odyssey's First Draft; Italy: Buddha, Saint Francis.; Iráklion: Praxis.; Iráklion: Art.; Five. Russia; Symposium.; Second trip to the Soviet Union; the Anayénnisi debate; "Crucified Russia."; Italian Fascism.; Egypt and Sinai.; Odyssey; third trip to the Soviet Union; Panait Istrati.; Greece: The Alhambra speech and its consequences.; Fourth trip to the Soviet Union; revision of Askitiki.; The Roussakov affair; break with Istrati. Six. Toda-Raba and the Waning of Kazantzakis's CommunismA novel of self-revelation.; Sorting out Kazantzakis's political allegiances after 1929; why he was never a communist.; The attitude of Greek communists and others toward Kazantzakis.; Aristotelianism versus existentialism; the middle ground.; Seven. Aesthetic Freedomi; The transitional age.; The kravyí.; The lógos.; Heroic action transubstantiated.; Eight. Odyssey; Successive drafts.; World-view.; Aids to a holistic reading.; Political content.; The Kierkegaardian paradigm: Aesthetic, ethical, religious. How the Odyssey reflects Kazantzakis's political convictions. Notes; References; Index. ""No author who lives in Greece, "" writes Peter Bien, ""can avoid politics."" This first volume of his major intellectual biography of Nikos Kazantzakis approaches the distinguished--and controversial--writer by describing his struggle with political questions that were in reality aspects of a fervent religious search. Beginning with Kazantzakis's early career in fin-de-siècle Paris and his discovery of William James, Nietzsche, and Bergson, the book continues by describing his experiments with communism in turbulent Greece, his visits to Soviet Russia, and the publication of his epi. Kazantzakis, Nikos, 1883-1957 Political and social views. Kazantzakis, Nikos, 1883-1957 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJm99wDg3D7KTm9x8YDTHC LITERARY CRITICISM European General. bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Literary. bisacsh Political and social views fast has work: Kazantzakis (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGhMRCHG7RxTgkttfPP8yb https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Bien, Peter. Kazantzakis : Politics of the Spirit, Volume 1. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2012 9780691128801 Princeton modern Greek studies. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88500236 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=509734 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Bien, Peter Kazantzakis : Politics of the Spirit, Volume 1. Princeton modern Greek studies. Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the paperback edition; Preface; A note on documentation and transliteration; List of works; Chronology; One. Why Kazantzakis is not a Political Writer; Politics or metapolitics?; The essential; the adventitious; continuity.; Nationalism equals purposeless heroism.; The kravyí: A metapolitical "right act."; Two. Philosophical Studies in Paris; William James.; Friedrich Nietzsche.; Henri Bergson.; Three. Development of Kazantzakis's (Meta- )Communism; The Asia Minor disaster as the stimulus for Kazantzakis's idiosyncratic communism. Vienna: Political yearnings versus Buddhism. Berlin: Bookish and other influences; educational reform.; Askitikí.; Four. The Iráklion Incident and the Odyssey's First Draft; Italy: Buddha, Saint Francis.; Iráklion: Praxis.; Iráklion: Art.; Five. Russia; Symposium.; Second trip to the Soviet Union; the Anayénnisi debate; "Crucified Russia."; Italian Fascism.; Egypt and Sinai.; Odyssey; third trip to the Soviet Union; Panait Istrati.; Greece: The Alhambra speech and its consequences.; Fourth trip to the Soviet Union; revision of Askitiki.; The Roussakov affair; break with Istrati. Six. Toda-Raba and the Waning of Kazantzakis's CommunismA novel of self-revelation.; Sorting out Kazantzakis's political allegiances after 1929; why he was never a communist.; The attitude of Greek communists and others toward Kazantzakis.; Aristotelianism versus existentialism; the middle ground.; Seven. Aesthetic Freedomi; The transitional age.; The kravyí.; The lógos.; Heroic action transubstantiated.; Eight. Odyssey; Successive drafts.; World-view.; Aids to a holistic reading.; Political content.; The Kierkegaardian paradigm: Aesthetic, ethical, religious. Kazantzakis, Nikos, 1883-1957 Political and social views. Kazantzakis, Nikos, 1883-1957 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJm99wDg3D7KTm9x8YDTHC LITERARY CRITICISM European General. bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Literary. bisacsh Political and social views fast |
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