04-20-2020, 09:54 AM
(04-19-2020, 10:33 AM)Isoko Wrote: Russia on the other hand would found a great culture starting later this century or into the next called Sobornost which is basically a collectivistic spiritual culture centred around the need for individuals to come together for the betterment of Humanity.
I think what he described pretty much nails it. He did say that Sobornost would more than likely heavily influence Europe in the nearby future. I would say in essence that only Britain will not take part but the rest of Europe does lean more closely to Russia and will be interested in the idea.
Sobornost' - "the combination of freedom and unity of many persons on the basis of their common love for the same absolute values". "Vladimir Solovyov developed the idea of vseedinstvo, unity-of-all"
I think this describes Stapledon's philosophy quite well. Did you read the essay? He was a Brit So it's not impossible for Britain to be influenced by sobornost'. Doing sobornost' (or communitarianism, as I like to call it) on a global scale is also possible, though I agree it'll take lot of time.