The Spiritual Crisis of the Intelligentsia: Articles on Societal and Religious Psychology (1907-1909)

Revised 1st English Language Edition (2015): The Spiritual Crisis of the Intelligentsia: Articles on Societal and Religious Psychology (1907-1909) was written by the noted Russian Religious Philosopher Nicholas Berdyaev ( alt. Berdiaev Berdiaeff; 1874-1948). The original Russian text was published in 1910. The present text is the first time that this work has been translated into English and is among those hitherto inaccessible earlier Berdyaev books written while still in Russia prior to his 1922 permanent banishment from Russia by the Soviet Communist regime. Significant towards an understanding of the formation of Berdyaevs matured thought the book presents insights into the societal literary cultural and religious currents of foment in Russia and beyond in the immediate years following the 1905 Russian Revolution. The vast literature of the Russian Religious Renaissance in Russia prior to the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution and continued in the Russian emigre community in the West - has only somewhat found itself available in English translation. The present text is of value not only to the academic specialist of European and Russian historical or religio-philosophic thought of this period but also the general reader eager to rediscover long dormant ideas and to better understand the enigma that is Russia. Berdyaevs ideas have benefited many a reader in their personal paths of God-seekers. The translator of this work into English has been a extensive translator of Berdyaevs works situated on the Internet seeking to revive the profound spirit of the insights of Berdyaevs generation.