Flow of Ideas: Russian Thought from the Enlightenment to the Religious-Philosophical Renaissance

Description: The book deals with the history of Russian philosophy and ideas from the Enlightenment to the religious-philosophical renaissance of the first decade of the 20th century. It provides readers with an exhaustive account of relationships between various Russian thinkers and an examination of how those thinkers relate to a number of figures and trends.

Review Quotes: Overall, this is an extremely useful contribution to the literature on Russian thought.
(George Gilbert, European History Quarterly 47(2) 2017)

The beauty of good books about the history of ideas is that they offer new insights and add life to history proper. And a rich transnational context makes the experience of reading such works even more pleasurable and rewarding. This is the case with Walicki's enormous undertaking.
(Anton Fedyashin, Slavic Review vol. 75, no. 3, 2016)

Insgesamt stellt The Flow of Ideas aber eine hervorragende und stets verlässliche Einführung in die russische Ideengeschichte dar. Nicht nur Walickis tiefgreifende Kenntnisse des russischen Materials, sondern auch sein Vermögen, russisches philosophisches Denken in einen europäischen geistesgeschichtlichen Rahmen zu stellen, sind schwer zu übertreffen. Dieses Buch wird zweifellos für lange Zeit das maßgebliche Werk zur neueren russischen Ideengeschichte bleiben.
(Martin Beisswenger, JGO 66/2018)