Konstantin Leontiev
Konstantin Nikolayevich Leontiev,
Life
Leontiev was born and grew up on his father's estate in
In 1861, he carried off a local Crimean girl, the daughter of a Greek merchant, from
He later lived in various Ottoman towns as a Russian consular agent, devoting his leisure time to writing oriental fiction on many themes, some of which included a condemnation of anti-homosexuality and implied that he may have been bisexual.
Seven years later, he secretly took the tonsure at the
Leontiev died on 24 November 1891 in Sergiyev Posad from pneumonia.
Works and political thought
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Leontiev's most remarkable book is a volume of
A pessimist, during the final years of his life Leontiev lost his faith in Russia’s ability to create a distinctive new cultural type. He felt that only the harshest reaction could prevent that scenario.
He also predicted that Germany would grow strong enough to fight up to two wars against Russia and that China also would eventually threaten Russia's power. He also claimed that technology would one day lead to universal destruction.[citation needed]
See also
Sources
- Against the Current: Selected Writings, Konstantin Leontiev, Wybright and Talley Publishers, New York, 1969.
References
- ^ "Константин Николаевич Леонтьев". www.mid.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Russian Literature". glbtq.com. Archived from the original on 4 September 2006.
- ^ Nicholas Rzhevsky. (1983). Russian literature and ideology: Herzen, Dostoevsky, Leontiev, Tolstoy, Fadeyev. Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois Press
- ^ OCLC 242571655.
- ISBN 0-19-504054-6
External links
- (in Russian) knleontiev.narod.ru
- (in Russian) Leontiev page at Pravoslavie.ru