Background
Scanlan, James Patrick was born on February 22, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Gilbert Francis and Helen (Meyers) Scanlan.
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Although scholars have devoted much attention to the impact of technology on society, they have tended to slight the question of how technology is affected by social systems. The authors of this volume take precisely this approach in their examination of the "Soviet model" of development. The book surveys the history and current state of science and technology in the USSR and its former satellites. It then looks at the economic environment for technological innovation and examines the impact of the "energy shock" in the transitional economies of the region. Finally, it discusses the ecological devastation of the USSR and Eastern Europe, its connection with the "Soviet model" and the prospects for remediation. The central argument of the book is that the cultural and social factors and the legacy of the Soviet model will inevitable figure in the reconstruction of the East.
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(An examination of Russia's philosophical heritage. It ext...)
An examination of Russia's philosophical heritage. It extends from the Slavophiles to the philosophers of the Silver Age, from emigre religious thinkers to Losev and Bakhtin and assesses the meaning for Russian culture as a whole.
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For all his distance from formal philosophy, Fyodor Dostoevsky was one of the most philosophical of writers. In works from fictional masterpieces to little-known nonfiction prose, he grappled with the ultimate questions about the nature of humankind. His novels are peopled by characters who dramatize the fierce debates that preoccupied the Russian intelligentsia during the second half of the nineteenth century. What was the philosophy of Dostoevsky? How does reading this literary giant from a new perspective add to our understanding of him and of Russian culture? In this remarkable book, a leading authority on Russian thought presents the first comprehensive account of Dostoevsky's philosophical outlook. Drawing on the writer's novels and, more so than other scholars, on his essays, letters, and notebooks, James P. Scanlan examines Dostoevsky's beliefs. The nonfiction pieces make possible new interpretations of some of the author's most controversial works of fiction, including Notes from Underground. Dostoevsky's thought, Scanlan explains, was shaped above all by its anthropocentrism, its struggle to define the essence of humanity. All of the subjects the writer addressed—including religion, ethics, aesthetics, history, the state, and the Russian nation—provided clues to the mystery of what it means to be human. Scanlan demonstrates conclusively that Dostoevsky's philosophical views were more solidly grounded and systematic than have been imagined and cannot be dismissed as the notions of an irrationalist. Scanlan also discusses the flaws and weaknesses in Dostoevsky's thought, in particular his controversial notion that Russia is the one "God-bearing" nation. This belief—that Russia has a messianic role to play in world history—has gained renewed popularity among its citizens, for whom Dostoevsky has long been regarded as a thinker of supreme importance.
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Philosophy and Slavic studies educator
Scanlan, James Patrick was born on February 22, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Gilbert Francis and Helen (Meyers) Scanlan.
Bachelor, University of Chicago, 1948; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1956.
Research fellow, Institute Philosophical Research, San Francisco, 1953-1955; instructor, Case Institute Technology, Cleveland, 1955-1956; from instructor to associate professor, Goucher College, Baltimore, 1956-1968; professor, director Slavic Center, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1968-1970; professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1971-1991; director Slavic Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1988-1991; professor emeritus, Ohio State University, Columbus, since 1992. Visiting research scholar Moscow State University, 1964-1965, 69, 98, Academy Sciences Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Moscow, 1978, 93, Russian State University for the Humanities, 1995. Foreign visiting fellow Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido U., Sapporo, Japan, 1987-1988.
(Although scholars have devoted much attention to the impa...)
( For all his distance from formal philosophy, Fyodor Dos...)
(An examination of Russia's philosophical heritage. It ext...)
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Served with United States Marine Corps, 1945-1946. Member American Philosophical Association, American Association Advancement Slavic Studies, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Marilyn A. Morrison, June 12, 1948.