Author(s): Denis Dirscherl, S.J.
Edition: 1
Publisher: Loyola University Press
Year: 1986
Language: English
Pages: 192
City: Chicago
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
Introduction......Page 16
The Varangian Origins of Kievan Rus’......Page 17
Byzantine Ecclesiastical Dominance......Page 20
The Growth in Division......Page 22
The Mongolian Dominance......Page 23
Attempts at Reconciliation......Page 24
The Council of Florence......Page 26
Isolation of the Russian Church......Page 28
Attempt at Reunion......Page 31
The Time of Troubles......Page 38
The Image of Dmitry......Page 39
The End of the Troubles......Page 40
The End of the Russian Patriarchate......Page 44
Paul and Conciliation with the West......Page 47
The Return to Europe......Page 48
The Westernizers......Page 50
The Slavophiles......Page 51
Conclusion......Page 54
Introduction......Page 56
Dostoevsky’s Youth......Page 57
Early Career: Success and Failure......Page 59
Left-wing Involvement: The Petrasheveky Circle......Page 60
The Durov Circle......Page 61
Belinsky and Gogol......Page 62
Dostoevsky’s Arrest......Page 63
A New Definition of Man......Page 64
Physical and Social Suffering......Page 65
Life in Exile: Conversion......Page 66
Dostoevsky's "Creed”......Page 67
Unbelief and Atheism......Page 68
Renewal of Career......Page 70
Notes from the Underground: A New Definition of Man......Page 71
Remarriage......Page 72
Deepening of Dostoevsky’s Themes......Page 73
The Central Theme of the Christ......Page 74
Orthodoxy as Integrating Factor in Russian Life......Page 75
Love for the Masses......Page 77
Vocation of Russia......Page 80
The Most Sublime Theme......Page 82
The New Word......Page 84
The Monastery and the Orthodox Ideal......Page 88
The Unity of Church and State......Page 91
Conclusion: The Prevalance of the Star......Page 93
First Trip to the West (1862)......Page 94
Dostoevsky Appalled by Europe......Page 95
Conditions in England......Page 96
France: Individualism versus Fraternity......Page 97
Death of First Wife......Page 98
Quarrel with Turgenev......Page 99
Turgenev’s Smoke......Page 100
Dostoevsky and Russian Emigres......Page 102
Homesickness and Fear of Artistic Decline......Page 103
European Opposition to Russia......Page 104
The Doom of the West......Page 106
Socialism and Atheism......Page 108
Roman Catholicism and Socialism......Page 112
Growing Interest in Catholicism......Page 113
The Idiot and Russian Apostacy......Page 114
Journalistic Portrayal of Catholicism......Page 116
Roman Law Versus the Eastern Ideal......Page 118
The Crucial Role of France......Page 119
The Third Temptation of the Dèvil......Page 120
Pope Pius IX......Page 121
Arrogance of the Catholic Hierarchy......Page 122
Kulturkampf......Page 123
Papal Infallibility......Page 124
Papal Barbarism in the Russo-Turkish War......Page 126
The Brothers Karamazov as Peak of Dostoevsky's Writing......Page 127
Problem of Unity of Book......Page 128
Object of Dostoevsky’s Attack......Page 129
The Legend: Attack on Catholicism......Page 130
Ivan's Article......Page 131
Placement of The Legend......Page 133
Excursus on the Jesuits......Page 134
Confrontation of Inquisitor and Jesus......Page 136
The Triple Temptation of Jesus......Page 137
The Secret of the Inquisitor......Page 138
Alyosha's Defence......Page 139
Conclusion: Dichotomy of East and West......Page 140
Conclution......Page 142
Notes......Page 152
Bibliography......Page 172
Index......Page 186
