Russian cosmism

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Russian cosmism is a anthropocentric philosophical and cultural movement that emerged in Russia in the early 20th century.

Russian Cosmism is a broad theory of natural philosophy combining elements of religion and ethics, deals with the history and philosophy of the origin, evolution and future existence of the universe and humankind. It combines elements from both Eastern and Western philosophic traditions as well as from Russian Orthodox Church.

Many ideas of the Russian cosmists were later developed in transhumanism.

Its major representatives:

Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov (1828—1903): He advocated radical life extension using scientific methods, human immortality and resurrection of dead people.
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857—1935): He is pioneer of cosmonautics. He believed that colonizing space would lead to the perfection of the human race, with immortality and a carefree existence. Ideas of "animated atom" (panpsychism), "radiant mankind".
Vladimir Vernadsky (1863—1945): Ideas of noosphere.
Alexander Chizhevsky (1897—1964): Heliobiology.

Quote

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky: "The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one can not live in a cradle forever!".

External links

R. Djordjevic [Russian Cosmism (with the Selective Bibliography) and its Uprising Effect on the Development of Space Research] (PDF)

Reading

Russian Cosmism in the 1920s and Today. In: Bernice G. Rosenthal (Hg.): The Occult in Russian and Soviet Culture, Ithaca, London: Cornell UP, 1997, S. 185-202. ISBN 080148331X

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