Russian cosmism
Humanity should unite, overcome death and go out into space
Key ideas
- The "common task": resurrecting the ancestors through science (Fyodorov)
- Space exploration as humanity's task
- Humans as an active force of evolution
- Its ideas influenced Tsiolkovsky and rocketry pioneers
Key thinkers
- Nikolai Fyodorov (founder) — Russian philosopher, founder of Russian cosmism, 1829–1903
- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky — rocketry and astronautics pioneer, 1857–1935
Grew out of
- Russian religious philosophy c. 1840 – 1950 · Eastern Europe & Russia
Meanwhile elsewhere
- Confucianism Asia
- Buddhist philosophy Asia
- Taoism Asia
- Nyaya Asia
- Madhyamaka Asia
- Yogachara Asia
- Chan and Zen Asia
- Advaita Vedanta Asia
- Kalam Middle East
- Neo-Confucianism Asia
- Utilitarianism Europe
- Positivism Europe
- Existentialism Europe
- Marxism Europe
- Pragmatism Americas
- Phenomenology Europe
- Analytic philosophy Europe
- Kyoto School Asia
- Structuralism Europe
- Logical positivism Europe
- Négritude Africa