From Onomatodoxy to Aesthetics: Aleksei Losev's Concept of Symbol

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In From Onomatodoxy to Aesthetics: Aleksei Losev's Concept of Symbol, Teresa Obolevitch reconstructs and analyses the category of symbol in broad historical and philosophical context. Losev is recognized as the "last classic" of Russian religious philosophy of the Silver Age. He was a monk active in the academic field of philosophy and classical philology. The volume presents the ancient and patristic roots of onomatodoxy and stresses symbolical nature of the divine name, paying special attention to Losev's understanding of symbol. Front Cover Half Title Series Information Title Page Copyright Page Contents Figures and Tables Note on Transliteration Introduction Chapter 1. The Twentieth-Century Debate over Onomatodoxy, and Its Participants Chapter 2. Patristic Foundations of Imiaslavie Chapter 3. Platonic Determinants of Onomatodoxy as Interpreted by Losev Chapter 4. The Structure of the Name Chapter 5. The Origin of the Name Chapter 6. The Mythic Nature of the Name Chapter 7. The Open Structure of the Symbol Chapter 8. The Symbol in Aesthetics Afterword Bibliography Index Back Cover