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THE BLACK CIRCLE Alexandre Kojève, Boulogne-sur-Seine, July 6, 1930. Anonymous photo. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Fonds Kojève. THE BLACK CIRCLE A L I F E O F A L E X A N D R E KOJ È V E JEFF LOVE Columbia University Press New York Columbia University Press Publishers Since 1893 New York Chichester, West Sussex cup .columbia .edu Copyright © 2018 Columbia University Press All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Love, Jeff (G. Jeffrey), author. Title: The black circle : a life of Alexandre Kojève / Jeff Love. Description: New York : Columbia University Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018007435 | ISBN 9780231186568 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780231546706 (e- book) Subjects: LCSH: Kojève, Alexandre, 1902– 1968. | Philosophers— France— Biography. Classification: LCC B2430.K654 L68 2018 | DDC 194— dc23 LC record available at https: //lccn .loc .gov /2018007435 Columbia University Press books are printed on permanent and durable acid-f ree paper. Printed in the United States of America Cover design: Julia Kushnirsky Cover image: Black Circle by Kazimir Malevich © State Russian Museum FOR GLORIA, JACK, DYLAN, AND GARRETT • CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix List of Abbreviations xi INTRODUCTION: A RUSSIAN IN PARIS(cid:2)1 I. RUSSIAN CONTEXTS 1. MADMEN(cid:2)17 2. THE POSSESSED(cid:2)44 3. GODMEN(cid:2)70 II. THE HEGEL LECTURES 4. THE LAST REVOLUTION(cid:2)103 5. TIME NO MORE(cid:2)132 6. THE BOOK OF THE DEAD(cid:2)161 VIII(cid:2)CONTENTS III. THE LATER WRITINGS 7. NOBODIES(cid:2)193 8. ROADS OR RUINS?(cid:2)213 9. WHY FINALITY?(cid:2)257 EPILOGUE: THE GRAND INQUISITOR(cid:2)279 Notes 291 Bibliography 335 Index 347 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS T his project began with a seminar on historical narrative that took place in Beijing during the summer of 2013. I owe a debt of thanks to the organizer of that seminar, my colleague Yanming An. I also wish to thank the resourceful staff at the National Humanities Center, where I spent a year (2014– 2015) as a John E. Sawyer Fellow and managed to complete an initial draft of the book in the ideal working conditions created by the Center. Vladimir Alexandrov, Caryl Emerson, Michael Forster, Markus Gabriel, Ilya Kliger, Nina Kousnetzoff, Bill Maker, Donna Orwin, Lina Steiner, and William Mills Todd were all instrumental at various stages in the project, as were Jon and Nancy Love. Finally, I have benefitted a great deal from the unflagging encouragement of António Lobo Antunes as well as from the many astute comments and questions of my colleague and serial collaborator, Michael Meng. The latter have left their impression on virtually every page of this book. Wendy Lochner has been an ideal editor— patient, thorough, and gen- erous with her time. R I have used available English translations for material quoted in other languages throughout the book and have frequently modified them.
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