Nikolai Fedorov
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Nikolai Fedorov (Николай Фёдорович Фёдоров, 9 June 1829 – 28 December 1903) was a Russian Orthodox Christian philosopher, who was part of the Russian cosmism movement and a precursor of transhumanism. Fyodorov advocated radical life extension, physical immortality and even resurrection of the dead, using scientific methods.
- Literature
- Die Neue Menschheit, eds. Boris Groys and Michael Hagemeister, Frankfurt: Suhrkamp, 2005. (German)
- George M. Young, The Russian Cosmists: The Esoteric Futurism of Nikolai Fedorov and His Followers, Oxford University Press, 2012, x+280 pp. Reviews: Pavlov (NEP 2013), Naimain (TLS 2013), Mannherz (SR 2013), Kornblatt (JAER 2014), Rubin (JoR 2014). (English)
- Marina Simakova (Марина Симакова), "Bezopasnyy kosmizm" [Безопасный космизм], Colta, 11 Mar 2016. (Russian)
- "No Man's Space: On Russian Cosmism", trans. Thomas Campbell, e-flux, Jun 2016. (English)