Russian cosmism

Nikita Petrov (MeaningofLife.tv) and George Young (University of New England, The Russian Cosmists)

Russian cosmism is a philosophical and cultural movement that emerged in Russia in the early 20th century.

"Cosmism emerged in Russia before the October Revolution and developed through the 1920s and 1930s; like Marxism and the European avant-garde, two other movements that shared this intellectual moment, Russian Cosmism rejected the contemplative for the transformative, aiming to create not merely new art or philosophy but a new world. Cosmism went the furthest in its visions of transformation, calling for the end of death, the resuscitation of the dead, and free movement in cosmic space."

External links

• Russian Cosmism edited by Boris Groys
• The Visionary Ideas of the Russian Cosmists
• Russian cosmism on Wikipedia