Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Possessed (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Possessed is an 1872 novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Although titled The Possessed in the initial English translation, Dostoyevsky scholars and later translations favour the titles The Devils or Demons.An extremely political book, Demons is a testimonial of life in Imperial Russia in the late 19th century.As the revolutionary democrats begin to rise in Russia, different ideologies begin to collide. Dostoyevsky casts a critical eye on both the radical idealists, portraying their ideas and ideological foundation as demonic, and the conservative establishment's ineptitude in dealing with those ideas and their social consequences.This form of intellectual conservativism tied to the Slavophile movement of Dostoyevsky's day, called Pochvennichestvo, is seen to have continued on into its modern manifestation in individuals like Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.Dostoyevsky's novels focus on the idea that utopias and positivist ideas, in being utilitarian, were unrealistic and unobtainable.The book has five primary characters representing different ideologies. By exploring their differing philosophies, Dostoyevsky describes the political chaos seen in 19th century Russia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dostoyevsky Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9788826492810
• Artikelnr.: 51345017

Autorenporträt

Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) est un romancier, nouvelliste, essayiste et philosophe russe dont les ¿uvres littéraires explorent la psychologie humaine dans le contexte de la Russie du XIXe siècle. Ses ¿uvres majeures, dont Crime et Châtiment, Les Frères Karamazov et L'Idiot, abordent les thèmes de la moralité, du libre arbitre, de la culpabilité et de la rédemption. L'influence profonde de Dostoevsky sur la littérature et la philosophie existentielle fait de lui l'une des plus grandes figures littéraires de tous les temps.