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Author: Konstantin Mochulsky
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1971-11-21
Total Pages: 716
ISBN-13: 9780691012995
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDostoevsky's writings are criticized individually and in relation to one another against the background of his life and thought
Author: Joseph Frank
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780691014524
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Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
Publisher: Broadview Press
Published: 2014-08-27
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 146040467X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNotes from the Underground is recounted from the perspective of an unnamed narrator who describes himself as sick, spiteful, and unattractive. His thoughts and his moods veer unpredictably as he reflects on the folly of idealism and the reality of human squalor and degradation. The psychological power of the book is deeply rooted in the conflicts and contradictions that afflict the narrator—many of which seem to have afflicted Dostoevsky himself. Once attracted to idealistic and utopian notions, he subsequently found himself repelled by them. A passionate advocate of freedom, he had little confidence that humans could use freedom for good. The narrator of Notes from the Underground is not a unified self, but a self-contradictory character, like his author. His bewildering complexity and relentless self-analysis make him one of the most memorable and thought-provoking protagonists of modern literature. This new translation of Notes from the Underground renders Dostoevsky’s famous work in readable and idiomatic contemporary English. As well as the full text of the work itself and an informative introduction, this edition provides background materials that offer personal and intellectual context for the work. These materials (also newly translated) include writings from some of the thinkers against whom Dostoevsky positioned himself; excerpts from Dostoevsky’s personal letters and his earlier published works; and a substantial selection of relevant illustrations and photographs.
Author: Peter McGuire Wolf
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
Published: 1997-10
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 1581120060
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDostoevsky's novels have contributed to a conception of man that reverberates in the conclusions of prominent twentieth-century philosophical anthropologists. Max Scheler, Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and Albert Camus, among others, have admitted that the works of Dostoevsky had an influence on the manner in which they learned to conceive of human nature and the world in which humans live. Our aim in this dissertation is to ask: what is there in the novels of Dostoevsky concerning the nature of man, of which certain philosophers could claim that in their philosophical conceptions of man they were positively influenced by him? The main thesis is substantiated with a careful analysis of four novels: Notes From the House of the Dead (Zapiski iz mertvogo doma), Notes From the Underground (Zapiski iz podpol'ia), Crime and Punishment (Prestuplenie i nakazanie), and The Brothers Karamazov (Brat'ia Karamazovy). These novels were chosen partly because I have come to the conclusion that these novels, more than others, concretely show in what sense the leading characters appear to have made themselves be what they had freely chosen to be under the circumstances in which they had to live, and that they were fully aware of the responsibility they had to bear for the implications and consequences of what they had thus decided. Based upon a close reading, four interpretive chapters employ the most significant criticism from English, Russian and French literary scholarship. Dostoevsky's philosophical conception of man is compared and contrasted with the conception that Scheler and Heidegger hold, i.e., that freedom is man's essence, Sartre's atheistic humanism and Camus' thought. The following conclusions are consonant with Dostoevsky's work: freedom is constitutive for the being (or the mode of being; essence) of man, it is an inalienable duty--one must become oneself. Man strives to overcome himself and to exceed his freedom but in so doing invariably loses it. Man exceeds himself only in the sense that he realizes an ideal human possibility. The Dostoevskian man reveals not only the absence of human nature but also the enormous power which man possesses for achieving his ideal human possibility.
Author: James Patrick Scanlan
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780801439940
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor all his distance from philosophy, Dostoevsky was one of the most philosophical of writers. Drawing on his novels, essays, letters and notebooks, this volume examines Dostoevsky's philosophical thought.
Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2009-07-07
Total Pages: 150
ISBN-13: 0802845703
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the most profound and most unsettling works of modern literature, Notes from Underground (first published in 1864) remains a cultural and literary watershed. In these pages Dostoevsky unflinchingly examines the dark, mysterious depths of the human heart. The Underground Man so chillingly depicted here has become an archetypal figure -- loathsome and prophetic -- in contemporary culture. This vivid new rendering by Boris Jakim is more faithful to Dostoevsky s original Russian than any previous translation; it maintains the coarse, vivid language underscoring the "visceral experimentalism" that made both the book and its protagonist groundbreaking and iconic.
Author: Laura Otis
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2019-03-26
Total Pages: 201
ISBN-13: 0190698918
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWho benefits and who loses when emotions are described in particular ways? How do metaphors such as "hold on" and "let go" affect people's emotional experiences? Banned Emotions, written by neuroscientist-turned-literary scholar Laura Otis, draws on the latest research in neuroscience and psychology to challenge popular attempts to suppress certain emotions. This interdisciplinary book breaks taboos by exploring emotions in which people are said to "indulge": self-pity, prolonged crying, chronic anger, grudge-bearing, bitterness, and spite. By focusing on metaphors for these emotions in classic novels, self-help books, and popular films, Banned Emotions exposes their cultural and religious roots. Examining works by Dante, Dickens, Dostoevsky, Kafka, Forster, and Woolf in parallel with Bridesmaids, Fatal Attraction, and Who Moved My Cheese?, Banned Emotions traces pervasive patterns in the ways emotions are represented that can make people so ashamed of their feelings, they may stifle emotions they need to work through. The book argues that emotion regulation is a political as well as a biological issue, affecting not only which emotions can be expressed, but who can express them, when, and how.
Author: Conrad Riker
Publisher: Conrad Riker
Published: 101-01-01
Total Pages: 253
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAre you a man struggling against an unjust world? Do you feel betrayed by those you trusted, or erased by a society that refuses to see your value? Have you ever questioned your purpose while fighting to stay true to your principles amidst adversity? This book is for you. Inside, you’ll find: - Real-world wisdom to face oppression and betrayal head-on. - Timeless lessons drawn from history, literature, and philosophy to inspire resilience. - A powerful exploration of how strength can rise from suffering, and how your inner power is the key to overcoming every challenge in your way. - Materials to guide your grief of your blue pilled existence and give you the strength to carry on through a redpilled rebirth. It’s time to reclaim your dignity, your purpose, and your power. Whether you’re dealing with the weight of societal rejection or personal loss, this book gives you the tools to rise above, stand firm, and forge your own path. If you're tired of feeling unheard, overlooked, or powerless, take the first step toward restoring your integrity and strength today. Your journey begins here. Buy this book and discover the strength to overcome the darkest challenges—because you deserve to rise. This edition contains 50 bonus soothing sermons of our Western canon!
Author: Ludger Hagedorn
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-12-22
Total Pages: 563
ISBN-13: 1317410017
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReligion, War and the Crisis of Modernity: A Special Issue Dedicated to the Philosophy of Jan Patočka The New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy provides an annual international forum for phenomenological research in the spirit of Husserl's groundbreaking work and the extension of this work by such figures as Scheler, Heidegger, Sartre, Levinas, Merleau-Ponty and Gadamer. Contributors: Ivan Chvatík, Nicolas de Warren, James Dodd, Eddo Evink, Ludger Hagedorn, Jean-Luc Marion, Claire Perryman-Holt, Marcia Sá Cavalcante Schuback, Michael Staudigl, Christian Sternad , and Ľubica Učník.
Author: Jeff Love
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 2016-11-15
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 0810133962
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter more than a century, the urgency with which the writing of Fyodor Dostoevsky and Friedrich Nietzsche speaks to us is undiminished. Nietzsche explicitly acknowledged Dostoevsky’s relevance to his work, noting its affinities as well as its points of opposition. Both of them are credited with laying much of the foundation for what came to be called existentialist thought. The essays in this volume bring a fresh perspective to a relationship that illuminates a great deal of twentieth-century intellectual history. Among the questions taken up by contributors are the possibility of morality in a godless world, the function of philosophy if reason is not the highest expression of our humanity, the nature of tragedy when performed for a bourgeois audience, and the justification of suffering if it is not divinely sanctioned. Above all, these essays remind us of the supreme value of the questioning itself that pervades the work of Dostoevsky and Nietzsche.
