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  Irina Blauberg
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Irina Blauberg
 


Date and place of birth

 

1954, Moscow.

 

Education

 

Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, Moscow Lomonosov State University, 1976.

 

Degree

 

Dr. Sc., Philosophy

Ph.D. in Philosophy (1980, “Critique of social, ethical and religious teachings of Henri Bergson”, Philosophical Faculty; Moscow Lomonosov State University).

Fields of research

history of French philosophy

Professional activities

Scientific work, translations, editing.

Scientific Publications

 

Books:

  • Epistemology of the History of Philosophy in France in the 20th Century. Moscow: Center for Humanitarian Initiatives, 2025. 202 p.
  • The Origins of Bergsonism. The Philosophy of Felix Ravaisson. Moscow: Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2014. 187 p.
  • Henri Bergson. Moscow: Progress-Tradition, 2003.

Articles:

  • The Concept of Contingency and Its Significance in the Philosophy of Émile Boutroux // Filosofskij zhurnal / Philosophy Journal. 2024. Vol. 17. No. 3. P. 5–19.
  • Kant's Philosophy as Interpreted by Bergson // I. Kant and Postclassical Philosophy. Moscow: I. Kant Baltic Federal University Publishing House, 2024. P. 87–114.
  • Émile Boutroux on Kant's Philosophy // Istoriya filosofii / History of Philosophy. 2024. Vol. 29. No. 1. P. 107–113.
  • The Serpentine Line as a World Line of Perfection (Félix Ravaisson and Others) // Sounding Meanings: A Symphony of Ideas and Interpretations. Cultural Almanac. Moscow; St.-Petersburg: Center for Humanitarian Initiatives, 2024. P. 427–443.
  • W. Windelband on Bergson's Concept: The Problem of Event // Topoi of Thought. Western Philosophy of the 19th–20th Centuries in Translations and Commentaries / Ed. by I. I. Blauberg, I. D. Dzhokhadze. Moscow: Kanon+, ROOI "Rehabilitation", 2024. P. 205–210.
  • Bergson – a Reluctant Eternalist? (On the Interpretation of Arthur Lovejoy) // Topoi of Thought. Western Philosophy of the 19th–20th Centuries in Translations and Commentaries / Ed. by I. I. Blauberg, I. D. Dzhokhadze. Moscow: Kanon+, ROOI "Rehabilitation", 2024. P. 222–234.
  • The Theme of Creativity in V.V. Nalimov's Probabilistic Hermeneutics // Philosophy of Creativity. Issue 10 / Ed. by N.M. Smirnova, I.A. Beskova. Moscow: Golos, 2024. P. 316–350.
  • Henri Bergson: "Evolution is continuously renewing creativity" // Philosophy of Creativity. Yearbook. Issue 9 / Ed. by N.M. Smirnova, I.A. Beskova. Moscow: Golos, 2023. P. 51–66.
  • Henri Delacroix // Philosophers of the Twentieth Century. Nomina Incognita / Ed. by I.D. Dzhokhadze, A.M. Gaginsky. Moscow: Center for Humanitarian Initiatives, 2023. P. 8–22.
  • The Problem of Time in the Works of P.P. Gaidenko // Voprosy Filosofii. 2023. No. 7. P. 19–23.
  • The History of Philosophy as a Choice and a Path // Philosophical Generations. Moscow: Publishing House "YASK", 2022. P. 597–611.
  • Discussion on the Method of Historical and Philosophical Research (Ferdinand Alquié versus Martial Gueroult) // The History of Philosophy from Different Perspectives: Ideas, Concepts, Methods. On the 70th Anniversary of Alexei Mikhailovich Rutkevich / Ed. by I.I. Blauberg. Moscow; St. Petersburg: Center for Humanitarian Initiatives, 2022. P. 145–161.
  • Edouard Le Roy // Western Philosophy. Intellectual Biographies / Ed. by I.D. Dzhokhadze. Moscow; St. Petersburg: Center for Humanitarian Initiatives, 2022. P. 8–26.
  • From the History of French Spiritualism: The Philosophy of Jules Lachelier // History of Philosophy. 2021. Vol. 26. No. 1. P. 25–38.
  • Le Roy E. // Philosophical Anthropology. 2021. Vol. 7. No. 2. P. 239–250.
  • From Bergson to Thomas Mann: The Experience of Time in the Novel “The Magic Mountain” // Voprosy Filosofii. 2021. No. 11. P. 177–187.
  • Boris Nikolaevich Babynin // Institute of Scientific Philosophy. Beginning. Moscow: ROSSPEN, 2021. P. 192–200.
  • Fyodor Fedorovich Berezhkov // Institute of Scientific Philosophy. Beginning. Moscow: ROSSPEN, 2021. P. 201–208.
  • The Significance of Art in the Metaphysics of Felix Ravaisson // Music – Philosophy – Culture. A Collection of Articles by Participants in a Conference Series (2013–2017). Moscow: Moscow Conservatory Scientific Publishing Center, 2020. P. 300–312.
  • Ferdinand Alquié – Philosopher and Historian of Philosophy // Historical and Philosophical Yearbook 2020. Moscow: Akvilon, 2020. P. 167–187.
  • Blauberg, I.I. Bergson on the Principles of the Reform of Metaphysics // Metaphysics and Post-Metaphysical Thinking / Ed. by I.I. Blauberg and A.M. Gaginsky. Moscow: Academichesky Proekt, 2020. P. 164–176.
  • Through the Prism of Cultural Transfers: Bergson and Philosophy in Germany // Voprosy Filosofii. 2020. No. 11. P. 178–188.
  • Bergson // Philosophical Anthropology. 2019. Vol. 5. No. 2. P. 118–135.
  • On the Importance of Music in the Philosophy of Henri Bergson // Scientific Bulletin of the Moscow Conservatory. 2019. No. 2 (37). P. 174–185.
  • Bergson as a Reformer of European Metaphysics // Bergson, A. Thought and the Moving. Articles and Speeches / Translated from French by I.I. Blauberg. Moscow; St. Petersburg: Center for Humanitarian Initiatives, 2019. P. 235–258.
  • Henri Delacroix and His Philosophical Interests // Philosophical Sciences. 2018. No. 9. P. 18–27.
  • On Some Philosophical Themes in the Works of Marcel Proust // Philosophical Sciences. 2018. No. 9. P. 78–95.
  • Félix Ravaisson and Xavier Léon's Philosophical Project // Historical and Philosophical Yearbook 2018. Moscow: Akvilon, 2018. P. 168–178.
  • Philosophical Themes in the Works of E. Minkowski // Philosophical Sciences. 2017. No. 9. P. 34–49.
  • Félix Ravaisson and His "Essay on Aristotle's Metaphysics" // The Aristotelian Heritage as a Constitutive Element of European Rationality. Proceedings of the Moscow International Conference on Aristotle. Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, October 17–19, 2016 / Ed. by V.V. Petrov. Moscow: Akvilon, 2017. P. 531–544.
  • "Philosophical Intuition" by H. Bergson: Reflections on the Essence of Philosophical Creativity // Filosofskij zhurnal / Philosophy Journal. 2016. Vol. 9. No. 2. P. 24–36.
  • The "Mind–Body" Problem in H. Bergson's Conception // The Theme of the "Living Body" in the History of Philosophy: Proceedings of a Scientific Conference (Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, May 2015) / Ed. by I.I. Blauberg, A.A. Chikin. Moscow; St. Petersburg: Center for Humanitarian Initiatives, 2016. P. 106–121.
  • Vladimir Yankelevitch // Western Philosophy of the 20th – Early 21st Centuries. Intellectual Biographies / Editorial Board: I.S. Vdovina, I.D. Dzhokhadze. Moscow; St. Petersburg: University Book, 2016. P. 295–311.
  • The Evolution of Personalistic Ideas in the Teachings of N.O. Lossky // Istoriya filosofii / History of Philosophy. 2017. Vol. 22. No. 1. P. 106–120.
  • Felix Ravaisson on Art and the Language of the Visible // Philosophical Sciences. 2016. No. 9. P. 118–123.
  • From Schelling to Bergson (from the History of the Reception of Schelling's Ideas in France in the 19th – Early 20th Centuries) // Topoi of Natalia Avtonomova's Philosophy. For the Anniversary. Moscow, 2015. P. 349–364.
  • Bergsonism in the Philosophy of Music: Vladimir Jankelevitch's "Negative Aesthetics" // Scientific Herald of the Moscow Conservatory. 2015. No. 3. P. 22–35.
  • Vladimir Jankelevitch and His Philosophy of Time // Philosophical Sciences. 2015. No. 9. P. 49–63. Encounters on the "Philosophers' Path" (On Franco-German Philosophical Contacts in the 19th Century) // Voprosy Filosofii. 2013. No. 8. P. 155–165.
  • A. Bergson and W. James: On Some Agreements and Disagreements // Consciousness. Practice. Reality: In Memory of Nina Stepanovna Yulina / Ed. by I. D. Dzhokhadze. Moscow: Canon+, 2013. P. 117–139.
  • The History of Philosophy and the Philosophy of History in Henri Gouhier's Concept // Istoriya filosofii / History of Philosophy. 2012. No. 17. P. 63–82.
  • Bergson and Bachelard: Intuition of Duration or Intuition of the Instant? // Philosophical Sciences. 2012. No. 10. P. 6–21.
  • Bergson's Epistemology as Assessed by Western Scholars // Epistemology and Philosophy of Science. 2012. T. XXXIV. No. 4. P. 204–211.
  • Meetings on the Philosophers’Walk (on the issue of the Franco-German philosophical relations in 19th century) // Voprossy Filosofii (Problems of Philosophy). 2013. No. 8. P. 155–165.
  • H. Bergson and W. James: about some agreements and disagreements // Consciousness. Practice. Reality. M., 2013. P. 117–139.
  • The history of philosophy in France: some problems and dilemmas // History of Philosophy: Challenges of the 21st century. M., 2013. P. 262–272. 
  • About the conference // Ibid. P. 322–325.
  • Preface // Henri Bergson. Selected Works: Consciousness and Life. M. ROSSPEN, 2010. 1,2 –a.s.Substantiality of the time, and “positive metaphysics”: the reception of Bergson’s philosophy of history in Russia // Logos. 2009. № 3.
  • P.S. Popov as researcher Bergson’s philosophy // Voprosy Filosofii (Problems of Philosophy). 2009. № 3.
  • On the “Year of Bergson’s” and bergsonism in XXI century // Voprosy Filosofii (Problems of Philosophy). 2008. № 6 (co-authored with V. Podoroga).
  • Dianoematic and the Structural Method of Martial Gueroult // History of Philosophy Yearbook (Istoriko-filosofskiy ezhegodnik). 2008. Moscow: Nauka, 2009.
  • L’histoire des idées comme “la durée intérieure” (quelques remarques sur H. Bergson, E. Bréhier et M. Bakhtine) // Annales bergsoniennes. 2008. Vol. 4. Paris.
  • On memory and forgetting: P. Ricoeur and H. Bergson // Paul Ricoeur – the philosopher of dialogue. M.: IPh Academy of Sciences, 2008.
  • E. Bréhier and M. Gueroult: Two Approaches to the History of Philosophy // History of Philosophy (Istoria Filisofii). 2008. Vol. 13.
  • Bergson and the “rediscovery of time” (the centenary of the publication of “Creative evolution”) // Voprosy Filosofii (Problems of Philosophy). 2007. № 8.
  • On the Bergsonian “trace” in the philosophy of S.A. Askoldov // Research on the history of Russian thought. Yearbook. M., 2006.
  • Around Bergson, or new view of Russian philosophical scene // F. Neterkott. A philosophical encounter: Bergson in Russia (1907-1917). Moscow: M. Kolerov. Publishing House, 2008.
  • Consciousness and memory in the “true empiricism” Bergson // Philosophy of Consciousness: Past and Present. M.: Modern notebooks, 2003.
  • [About V.F. Asmus] // Remembering V.F. Asmus. Moscow: Progress-Tradition, 2001.
  • Bergson on the temporal organization of consciousness // World of Psychology. 2001. № 1.
  • Socio-ethical teachings of Henri Bergson and his modern interpreter // Problems of Philosophy, 1979, № 10.
  • Comparative analysis as method of historical and philosophical studies (concept of ‘intuition’ as case-study) // Methodological problems of research and criticism of contemporary philosophy. Part 1. Moscow Institute of Philosophy, USSR Academy of Sciences, 1986.
  • “Where do we come from? Who are we? Where are we going?” // Voprosy Filosofii (Problems of Philosophy). 1990. № 1.
  • Anarchism: What we know about it? // Voprosy Filosofii (Problems of Philosophy). 1990. № 3.
  • Editorial foreword to the publication of: S. Povarnin. The dispute. On the theory and practice of dispute // Voprosy Filosofii (Problems of Philosophy). 1990. № 3.
  • “The choice is in your hands…” // Voprosy Filosofii (Problems of Philosophy). 1991. № 11.The philosophy in the “desorcered” world // Pyt’ (Path). 1992. № 1.
  • Henri Bergson and Philosophy duration // Henri Bergson. Collected Works  in 4 volumes. Moscow: Moscow Club, 1992. Vol. 1.
  • Preface // VF Asmus. Vladimir Soloviev. Moscow: Progress, 1994.V.F. Asmus // Russian philosophy. Small Collegiate Dictionary. Moscow: Nauka, 1995.
  • Preface and notes // Henri Bergson. Creative Evolution. Moscow: Canon Press, 1998.

Articles for dictionaries and encyclopedias, prefaces to publications:

  • Intuitionism // The new Russian encyclopedia. T. 7 / 1. Moscow: Encyclopedia, INFRA-M, 2009.
  • Article: “Bergson”, “élan vital”, “philosophy of Life” // Modern Western philosophy. Encyclopedic Dictionary. M.: The Cultural Revolution. 2008.
  • Articles for the dictionary “Philosophers of France”. M: Gardariki, 2008. (Amlen, Benda, Bergson, Bloch, Bréhier, Boutroux, Buchez, Wahl, Gueroult, Gitton, Gueye, Guillot, Delacroix, Delbos, Janicaud, Cournot, Laberthonnière, Lalande, Lagneau, Lachelier, Lequier, Le Roy, Minkowski, Ollé-Laprune, Ravaisson-Molien, Reclus, Renouvier, Ribot, Rauh, Sertillanges, J. Tannery, P. Tannery, Fouillée, Chevalier).
  • Bergson // Cultural Studies. Encyclopedia. T. 1. M., 2006.
  • Bergson // Big Russian encyclopedia. T. 1.“Bergson”, “Two Sources of Morality and Religion”, “élan vital”, “Creative Evolution” (and oth.) // New Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Vol-s 1, 2, 4. Moscow, 2000-2001.
  • “Two Sources of Morality and Religion” // Ethics. Encyclopedic Dictionary. M.: Gardariki, 2001.
  • “Bergson”, “Bréhier”, “Boutroux” (and oth.) // New Russian encyclopedia. Vol. 1.“Allen”, “Belaval”, “Bréhier”, “Boutroux” (and oth., a total of 48 articles on French philosophers of XIX-XX centuries) // Encyclopedia “Krugosvet” (on-line edition), 2000.
  • Bergson // Cultural Studies. XX century. Encyclopedia. T. 1. St. Petersburg.: University Book, 1998.
  • “Bergson”, “Two Sources of Morality and Religion”, “elan vital”, “Philosophy of Life” // Modern Western philosophy. Dictionary. M.: Politizdat, 1991. (Second edit., 1998)
  • J. Bohénski // J. Bohénski. One hundred and superstitions. Concise Dictionary of philosophical prejudices. Moscow: Progress, 1993.

Translations:

 

  • Boutroux, E. Kant's Moral Doctrine and Modernity // Istoriya filosofii / History of Philosophy. 2024. Vol. 29, No. 1. P. 113–121.
  • Bergson's Letters to A. Lovejoy (1911) // Topoi of Thought. Western Philosophy of the 19th–20th Centuries in Translations and Commentaries / Ed. by I. I. Blauberg, I. D. Dzhokhadze. Moscow: Kanon+, ROOI "Rehabilitation", 2024. P. 235–240.
  • Bergson, A. Spiritual Energy. Moscow; St. Petersburg: Center for Humanitarian Initiatives, 2023. 208 pp.
  • Zanfi, K. Bergson and German Philosophy 1907–1932. Moscow; St. Petersburg: Center for Humanitarian Initiatives, 2020. 352 p.
  • Bergson, A. Thought and the Moving (The Creative Mind). Moscow; St. Petersburg: Center for Humanitarian Initiatives, 2019. 272 p.
  • Delacroix, A. On the Logical Structure of Dreams // Philosophical Sciences. 2018. No. 9. P. 28–43.
  • Ravaisson, F. Metaphysics and Morality // Historical and Philosophical Yearbook 2018. Moscow: Akvilon, 2018. P. 179–199.
  • Bergson, A. Perception of Change // Philosophy of Creativity. Yearbook / Eds. N.M. Smirnova, I.A. Beskova. Moscow, 2017. P. 107–128.
  • Ricoeur, Paul. The path of recognition. M.: ROSSPEN, 2010 (together with I.S.Vdovina).
  • Bergson, Henri. Henri Bergson. Selected Works: Consciousness and Life. M. ROSSPEN, 2010.
  • Vinchiguerra L. Aesthetica sive Ethica. Spinoza on the essence of art // History of Philosophy (Istoria Filisofii). 2010. № 15.
  • Salanski J.-M. Bergson and the ways of modern French philosophy // Logos. 2009. № 3.
  • Marr A.-I. Bergson and the history // Logos. 2009. № 3.
  • Dühring E. Bergson’s critique of relativistic metaphysics: its legacy and relevance // Logos. 2009. № 3.Gilson E. Recollections of Bergson // Logos. 2009. № 3.
  • Epelbuen, Annie. Correspondence M.K. Mamardashvili with Louis Althusser // M.K. Mamardashvili. M. ROSSPEN, 2009.
  • Gurvich G.D. Russian philosophy first quarter of the XX century // Research on the history of Russian thought. Yearbook 2006/2007. M.: Modest Kolerov, 2009.
  • Neterkott F. philosophical encounter: Bergson in Russia (1907-1917). Moscow: Publishing House Kolerov M., 2006.
  • Lacroix, Maurice. J. Blondel, his life and work // J. Lacroix. Selected Works: Personalism. M., 2004.
  • Ricoeur P. Memory. History. Oblivion. Moscow, 2004 (with I. Vdovina, O. Machulskaya and G. Tavrizyan).
  • Bergson A. Ravesson’s Life and Work // History of Philosophy Yearbook (Istoriko-filosofskiy ezhegodnik)’2001. Moscow: Nauka, 2003.
  • Bergson A. Philosophical intuition // Path to philosophy. Anthology. M., 2001. P. 203-218.
  • Bergson A. Common sense and a classical education // Voprosy Filosofii (Problems of Philosophy). 1990. № 1. 

Reviews:

  • Review of the monograph: A.A.Krotov. Malebranche and Cartesianism // Istoriko-filosofskiy ezhegodnik – 2013 (History of Philosophy Yearbook). M., 2013. P. 377–384.

Editorial work (2005):

  • Ricoeur, Paul. The path of recognition. M. ROSSPEN, 2010.
  • History of Philosophy (Istoria Filisofii). 2008, № 13, 2010, № 15 (with O.V. Golova), 2011, № 16 (with S.I. Bazhova).
  • Valentin Asmus Ferdinandovich. M.: ROSSPEN, 2010 (series “Philosophy of Russia in the second half of XX century”). (with V.A. Zhuchkova).
  • Logos. 2009. № 3.Paul Ricoeur – the philosopher of dialogue. M.: IPhRAS, 2008.
  • Philosophers of France. (Dictionary). M. Gardariki, 2008.
  • Since 2002 - Editor of the Collected Works Nalimov (publication in progress).
Conferences and Workshops

 

Organization:

  • Member of the organizing committee of the International Conference “French philosophy in Russia: some results and prospects for research”, (14-15 September 2010, Institute of Philosophy; organized in cooperation with the Higher School of Economics). Prepared a report of two French translations of the participants – Shove and W. S. Carreau.
  • International Conference "Philosophy of Bergson and bergsonism XXI Century" (June 2010) – Co-organizer (with V. Podoroga).
  • Organizer of the International Conference “Contemporary Spinoza” (November 2007)

Participation:

  • Participation in the conference: Wisdom of Philosophy: Creative Way of Paul Ricoeur. (Moscow, Institute of Philosophy, May 2013).
  • In 2010-2011, the series of reports delivered at the House of Losev (February 2011 – scientific report at a seminar on the occasion of W. Nalimov’s 100-th anniversary. Topic: “On the concepts of consonance Bergson and W. Nalimov”; in November 2010 – “Bergson and Bachelard: intuition of duration or a of a moment?”; April 2010 – report “Bergson and philosophy in Russia”.
 Other activities
  • Executive secretary of Journal History of Philosophy (Istoria Filisofii).
  • Member of the Expert Council IPhRAS.
  • Since 2007 – Member of the Society of Friends of Henri Bergson (Paris).

Main scientific results

Integral historical and philosophical analysis of Henri Bergson’s philosophy, a study of the theoretical origins of his theory, identification of isssues of the most significance for the 20. Century philosophy; analysis of the reception of Bergson’s philosophy in Russia in 1910-1920’s.
 
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