Work and Letters (Philosophical Letters)

Petr Yakovlevich Chaadayev, M.O. Gershenzon (Editor)

Published by Mouette Press, Oxford, 1972

About this Item

First thus. Hardback, bound in green cloth with faint green titling to spine. 24.5 × 17cm, vii + 440pp, viii + 342pp. Text in Russian and French. A rare and comprehensive two-volume-in-one reprint of the definitive 1913=1914 Moscow edition of Pyotr Chaadayev's works. Edited by the renowned scholar M.O. Gershenzon, this collection is a cornerstone for understanding the "Westernizer" movement in 19th-century Russia. The volume includes Chaadayev's famous Philosophical Letters, written in French during the 1830s. These letters offered a blistering critique of Russia?s perceived isolation from world progress, famously leading Tsar Nicholas I to declare Chaadayev officially insane and placing him under house arrest. Condition: This copy is in strong readable condition, though the head of the spine has been scuffed and with a little tanning to the page edges.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Work and Letters (Philosophical Letters)
• Publisher: Mouette Press, Oxford
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: Russian
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good