Dostoevsky Beyond Dostoevsky: Science, Religion, Philosophy

Author:   Vladimir Golstein ,  Svetlana Evdokimova
Publisher:   Academic Studies Press
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Pages:   424
Publication Date:   29 September 2016
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Dostoevsky Beyond Dostoevsky is a collection of essays with a broad interdisciplinary focus. It includes contributions by leading Dostoevsky scholars, social scientists, scholars of religion and philosophy. The volume considers aesthetics, philosophy, theology, and science of the 19th century Russia and the West that might have informed Dostoevsky's thought and art. Issues such as evolutionary theory and literature, science and society, scientific and theological components of comparative intellectual history, and aesthetic debates of the nineteenth century Russia form the core of the intellectual framework of this book. Dostoevsky's oeuvre with its wide-ranging interests and engagement with philosophical, religious, political, economic, and scientific discourses of his time emerges as a particularly important case for the study of cross-fertilization among disciplines. The individual chapters explore Dostoevsky's real or imaginative dialogues with aesthetic, philosophic, and scientific thought of his predecessors, contemporaries, and successors, revealing Dostoevsky's forward looking thought, as it finds its echoes in modern literary theory, philosophy, theology and science.

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Author:   Vladimir Golstein ,  Svetlana Evdokimova
Publisher:   Academic Studies Press
Imprint:   Academic Studies Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.782kg
ISBN:  

9781618115263


ISBN 10:   161811526
Pages:   424
Publication Date:   29 September 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Fiction beyond Fiction: Dostoevsky’s Quest for Realism Vladimir Golstein and Svetlana Evdokimova I. Encounters with Science 1. Darwin, Dostoevsky, and Russia’s Radical Youth David Bethea and Victoria Thorstensson 2. Darwin’s Plots, Malthus’s Mighty Feast, Lamennais’s Motherless Fledglings, and Dostoevsky’s Lost Sheep Liza Knapp 3. “Viper will eat viper”: Dostoevsky, Darwin, and the Possibility of Brotherhood Anna A. Berman 4. Encounters with the Prophet: Ivan Pavlov, Serafima Karchevskaia, and “Our Dostoevsky” Daniel P. Todes II. Engagements with Philosophy 5. Dostoevsky and the Meaning of “the Meaning of Life” Steven Cassedy 6. Dostoevsky and Nietzsche: The Hazards of Writing Oneself into (or out of) Belief David S. Cunningham 7. Dostoevsky as Moral Philosopher Charles Larmore 8. “If there’s no immortality of the soul . . . everything is lawful”: On the Philosophical Basis of Ivan Karamazov’s Idea Sergei A. Kibalnik III. Questions of Aesthetics 9. Once Again about Dostoevsky’s Response to Hans Holbein the Younger’s Dead Body of Christ in the Tomb Robert L. Jackson 10. Prelude to a Collaboration: Dostoevsky’s Aesthetic Polemic with Mikhail Katkov Susanne Fusso 11. Dostoevsky’s Postmodernists and the Poetics of Incarnation Svetlana Evdokimova IV. The Self and the Other 12. What Is It Like to Be Bats? Paradoxes of The Double Gary Saul Morson 13. Interiority and Intersubjectivity in Dostoevsky: The Vasya Shumkov Paradigm Yuri Corrigan 14. Dostoevsky’s Angel—Still an Idiot, Still beyond the Story: The Case of Kalganov Michal Oklot 15. The Detective as Midwife in Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment Vladimir Golstein 16. Metaphors for Solitary Confinement in Notes from Underground and Notes from the House of the Dead Carol Apollonio 17. Moral Emotions in Dostoevsky’s “The Dream of a Ridiculous Man” Deborah A. Martinsen 18. Like a Shepherd to His Flock: The Messianic Pedagogy of Fyodor Dostoevsky—Its Sources and Conceptual Echoes Inessa Medzhibovskaya V. Intercultural Connections 19. Achilles in Crime and Punishment Donna Orwin 20. Raskolnikov and the Aqedah (Isaac’s Binding) Olga Meerson 21. Prince Myshkin’s Night Journey: Chronotope as a Symptom Marina Kostalevsky

Reviews

"""I found the volume to be an informative and fascinating read. Students and scholars of Dostoevsky gain new appreciations and understandings by reconciling the established links between Russian literature, science, faith, and humanistic traditions...It would be productive not only for Slavists, but also for specialists from a range of different areas of expertise to publish additional series of this volume to enrich scholarly understanding of the author and his creative, interdisciplinary imagination."" -- Michael Marsh-Soloway, University of Virginia, The Russian Review (Vol. 76, No. 3, July 2017) “This valuable book includes very well-researched articles written by the scholars of the field which examine the dialogues of Dostoevky’s personas from aesthetic, philosophical and religious viewpoints. It is a major contribution to the Russian literature associated with Dostoevky’s name and works.” —Ayse Dietrich, International Journal of Russian Studies, Vol. 8 No. 1 -- Ayse Dietrich, Middle East Technical University, <i>International Journal of Russian Studies</i> Issue no. 6, Jan 2017 * International Journal of Russian Studies *"


I found the volume to be an informative and fascinating read. Students and scholars of Dostoevsky gain new appreciations and understandings by reconciling the established links between Russian literature, science, faith, and humanistic traditions...It would be productive not only for Slavists, but also for specialists from a range of different areas of expertise to publish additional series of this volume to enrich scholarly understanding of the author and his creative, interdisciplinary imagination. --Michael Marsh-Soloway, University of Virginia, The Russian Review (Vol. 76, No. 3, July 2017)


I found the volume to be an informative and fascinating read. Students and scholars of Dostoevsky gain new appreciations and understandings by reconciling the established links between Russian literature, science, faith, and humanistic traditions...It would be productive not only for Slavists, but also for specialists from a range of different areas of expertise to publish additional series of this volume to enrich scholarly understanding of the author and his creative, interdisciplinary imagination.--Michael Marsh-Soloway, University of Virginia, The Russian Review (Vol. 76, No. 3, July 2017) This valuable book includes very well-researched articles written by the scholars of the field which examine the dialogues of Dostoevky's personas from aesthetic, philosophical and religious viewpoints. It is a major contribution to the Russian literature associated with Dostoevky's name and works. --Ayse Dietrich, International Journal of Russian Studies, Vol. 8 No. 1 --Ayse Dietrich, Middle East Technical University, International Journal of Russian Studies Issue no. 6, Jan 2017 International Journal of Russian Studies


I found the volume to be an informative and fascinating read. Students and scholars of Dostoevsky gain new appreciations and understandings by reconciling the established links between Russian literature, science, faith, and humanistic traditions...It would be productive not only for Slavists, but also for specialists from a range of different areas of expertise to publish additional series of this volume to enrich scholarly understanding of the author and his creative, interdisciplinary imagination. --Michael Marsh-Soloway, University of Virginia, The Russian Review (Vol. 76, No. 3, July 2017) This valuable book includes very well-researched articles written by the scholars of the field which examine the dialogues of Dostoevky's personas from aesthetic, philosophical and religious viewpoints. It is a major contribution to the Russian literature associated with Dostoevky's name and works. --Ayse Dietrich, International Journal of Russian Studies, Vol. 8 No. 1 --Ayse Dietrich, Middle East Technical University, International Journal of Russian Studies Issue no. 6, Jan 2017 International Journal of Russian Studies


Author Information

Vladimir Golstein is Associate Professor of Slavic Studies at Brown University. He is the author of Lermontov's Narratives of Heroism (1999), Svetlana Aleksievich The Voice of Soviet Intelligentsia (2015) and numerous articles on major Russian authors. His essays on current political affairs have been published by Forbes, The Nation, Al Jazeera, RT, Antiwar, Alternet, and Russia Insider; he is also a frequent participant in various political TV shows discussing US and Russia's foreign politics and culture for CCTV's The Heat, PressTV, RT's Crosstalk, Al Jazeera, and Channel 4 in Great Britain.

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