Dostoevsky the Thinker Scanlan James P.
Dostoevsky the Thinker Scanlan James P. For all his distance from formal philosophy, Fyodor Dostoevsky was one of the most philosophical of writers. His novels are peopled by characters who dramatize…
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Dostoevsky the Thinker Scanlan James P.
For all his distance from formal philosophy, Fyodor Dostoevsky was one of the most philosophical of writers. His novels are peopled by characters who dramatize the fierce debates that preoccupied the Russian intelligentsia during the second half of the nineteenth century. In works from fictional masterpieces to little-known nonfiction prose, he grappled with the ultimate questions about the nature of humankind.
How does reading this literary giant from a new perspective add to our understanding of him and of Russian culture?In this remarkable book, a leading authority on Russian thought presents the first comprehensive account of Dostoevsky's philosophical outlook. What was the philosophy of Dostoevsky? Drawing on the writer's novels and, more so than other scholars, on his essays, letters, and notebooks, James P.
Scanlan examines Dostoevsky's beliefs. The nonfiction pieces make
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