Dostoevsky the Thinker

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Author(s): James P. Scanlan
Edition: 1
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Year: 2002

Language: English
Pages: 268
City: Ithaca, London

Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Introduction: Dostoevsky as a Philosopher......Page 18
1. Matter and Spirit......Page 31
2. The Case against Rational Egoism......Page 74
3. The Ethics of Altruism......Page 98
4. The Logic of Aesthetics......Page 135
5. A Christian Utopia......Page 175
6. “The Russian Idea”......Page 214
Conclusion: Dostoevsky’s Vision of Humanity......Page 248
Index......Page 262