Open AccessPhilosophy of death oF N.F. Fedorov: tanatology, immortology or moral challenge?
Author(s) -
Vladimir V. Varava
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
solovʹëvskie issledovaniâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2076-9210
DOI - 10.17588/2076-9210.2020.2.166-177
Subject(s) - thanatology , immortality , doctrine , philosophy , epistemology , object (grammar) , afterlife , sociology , social science , theology , linguistics
The question of the most adequate naming of the «philosophy of the common cause» of N.F. Fedorov in modern philosophical concepts is considered. The object of the analysis includes areas common today directly related to the problem of death / immortality, such as immortology and thanatology. A comparative analysis of Fedorov’s attitude towards death and those «death discourses» taking place in modern immortology and thanatology is carried out. The moral core of the relationship of N.F. Fedorov to death, which is significantly different from his teachings and the above areas, is revealed. N.F. Fedorov’s doctrine with his philosophy of death as a «moral challenge» is characterized as one of the most striking incarnations and manifestations of the ethical-centric essence of Russian philosophy.