Russian cosmism
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Russian cosmism is an anthropocentric philosophical and cultural movement that emerged in Russia in the early 20th century.
Russian Cosmism is a broad theory of natural philosophy combining elements of religion and ethics, deals with the history and philosophy of the origin, evolution and future existence of the universe and humankind. It combines elements from both Eastern and Western philosophic traditions as well as from Russian Orthodox Church.
Many ideas of the Russian cosmists were later developed in transhumanism.
Its major representatives:
- Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov (1828—1903)
- He advocated radical life extension using scientific methods, human immortality and resurrection of dead people.
- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857—1935)
- He was the first pioneer of theoretical space exploration and cosmonautics. In 1903, he published Исследование мировых пространств реактивными приборами (The Exploration of Cosmic Space by Means of Reaction Devices), the first serious scientific work on space travel. He believed that colonizing space would lead to the perfection of the human race, with immortality and a carefree existence. Ideas of "animated atom" (panpsychism), "radiant mankind".
- Vladimir Vernadsky (1863—1945)
- Ideas of noosphere.
- Alexander Chizhevsky (1897—1964)
- Heliobiology.
[edit] Quote
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky: "The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot live in a cradle forever!".
[edit] External links
- R. Djordjevic Russian Cosmism (with the Selective Bibliography) and its Uprising Effect on the Development of Space Research (PDF)
[edit] Reading
- Michael Hagemeister: Russian Cosmism in the 1920s and Today. In: Bernice G. Rosenthal (ed.): The Occult in Russian and Soviet Culture, Ithaca, London: Cornell UP, 1997, pp. 185-202. ISBN 0-8014-8331-X
