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Dec 16, 2024

Russian Cosmism | Nikita Petrov & George Young

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00:01:27 What is Russian cosmism?
00:12:51 The religious side of cosmism.
00:17:13 Cosmism as a response to the challenges of the 20th century.
00:25:20 Nature as a temporary enemy and eternal friend.
00:40:21 Pavel Florensky, the Russian da Vinci.
00:46:08 Plant life as a spiritual ideal.
00:51:17 The father of the Soviet space program, and his weird spirituality.
01:03:59 Cosmism and transhumanism: Compare and contrast.
01:09:01 Cosmism as a Russian propaganda project.

Watch this conversation on MeaningofLife.tv http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/36257

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

Recorded on 09/06/2016.

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