Title:

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky’s heroic techno-utopia

Subtitle:

Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej, Vol. 56, No 3 (2021), Special Issue, Articles

Creator:

Pomarański, Marcin

Contributor:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Publisher:

Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2021

Description:

p. 161-174 ; Abstract in Polish and English.

Subject and Keywords:

Ciolkovskij, Konstantin Èdvardovič (1857-1935) ; Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin (1857-1935) ; cosmism ; technological utopia ; heroic utopia ; utopian community in outer space

Abstract:

In this paper, the author attempts to answer the question about the nature of the ideal society presented by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky in his utopian novel Beyond the Planet Earth. The specificity of this vision will be discussed by analysing its connections with Tsiolkovsky’s hallmark cosmophilosophical monism, as well as with his naturalistic approach to scientific research. For this purpose, the utopian elements of the vision will be analysed with particular emphasis on the scientific and technological layer. This will allow us to treat the concept as both a technological and a heroic utopia.

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Relation:

Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej

Volume:

56

Issue:

3

Start page:

161

End page:

174

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : original article

Format:

application/octet-stream

Resource Identifier:

1230-5057 ; 2353-6403 ; 10.12775/SDR.2021.EN6.08

Source:

IH PAN, sygn. A.453/56/3 Podr. ; IH PAN, sygn. A.454/56/3 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license

Terms of use:

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Digitizing institution:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Institute of History PAS

Projects co-financed by:

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