Teodor Oizerman Explained

Region:Soviet philosophy,
Russian philosophy
Era:Contemporary philosophy
Birth Name:Teodor Ilyich Oizerman
Birth Place:Petrovirivka, Tiraspol uezd, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire
Death Place:Moscow, Russia
Main Interests:History of Western and Marxist philosophy
Alma Mater:Moscow State University (1938)

Teodor Ilyich Oizerman (Russian: Теодо́р Ильи́ч Ойзерма́н;  - 25 March 2017) was a Soviet and Russian philosopher and academician.[1]

Biography

Oizerman was born in Petrovirivka into a Jewish family. His parents were teachers. During World War II he served in the Red Army.

Oizerman was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences from 1981 until his death. He received an honorary doctorate, from the University of Jena in 1979 and the USSR State Prize in 1983. In 1979 Oizerman was awarded the Plekhanov prize for the monograph The main Trends in Philosophy.[2] He also served on the Anti-Zionist Committee of the Soviet Public.[3]

Following the 1991 break-up of the Soviet Union, Oizerman moved towards social democratic, anti-Leninist positions. He viewed Lenin's interpretation and application of the ideas of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in the Russian Revolution as incorrect, and believed Lenin's view led towards oligarchy rather than the victorious establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat.[4]

Oizerman died on 25 March 2017 in Moscow at the age of 102.[5]

Works

Oizerman was a prolific author. Below is a partial list of his monographs.

External links

Works available online (in English)

See a review of the book: Adelmann. F. J.. Mar 1991. Review: The Main Trends in Philosophy by T. I. Oizerman; H. Campbell Creighton. Studies in Soviet Thought. 41. 2. 155–157. 20100584.

Notes and References

  1. http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enc_biography/94770/Ойзерман, passim
  2. http://www.ras.ru/about/awards/awdlist.aspx?awdid=143 The Plekhanov prize
  3. Russian Antisemitism, Pamyat and the Demonology of Zionism (Studies in Antisemitism) by William Korey
  4. Luther, Sara Fletcher, John J. Neumaier, Howard Lee Parsons, eds. Diverse Perspectives on Marxist Philosophy: East and West. Issue 53 of Contributions in Philosophy. Westport, Ct.: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1995., . P. 7.
  5. Web site: https://gorky.media/news/skonchalsya-filosof-teodor-ojzerman/. ru:Скончался философ Теодор Ойзерман. gorky.media. Staff. 2017-03-25. 2017-03-25. russian.