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HISTORY

SS011 – Russia and the Revolution of 1917: the Apocalyptic Soul of Russia

S. CAPRIO

Course Information

Professor: Stefano Caprio stefanomcaprio@hotmail.com

Schedule: Wed. V-VI, 1st sem., 2 cr., 3 ECTS

Content

  • The Apocalyptic mission of Russian Christianity.
  • Revolutionary personalities of Russian history: Ivan the Terrible, Peter I, Stalin.
  • The ideals of Russian revolutions from the 19th century and their influence in the West.
  • Judgements about the revolutions: Ivanov, Berdyaev, Solzhenitsyn.
  • The mission of Russia today, between rebirth and new apocalypses.

Objective

To study and evaluate the apocalyptic theme through Russian revolutionary history.

Bibliography

E. Cinnella, 1917. La Russia verso l’abisso, Pisa-Cagliari 2012;

 

R. Pipes, La rivoluzione russa, Milano 1994;

 

Н. Бердяев, Истоки и смысль русского коммунизма, Москва 2006; Иванов-Гершензон, Переписка из двух углов, Петербург 1921;

 

A. Solzenicyn, Ama la rivoluzione!, Milano 2012.