Title: Dostoevsky the thinker /
Authors: Scanlan, James P. 1927-
Publisher: Cornell University Press,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, Philosophy.
Abstract: For 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.
Contents: Introduction: Dostoyevsky as a philosopher -- Matter and spirit -- The case against rational egoism -- The ethics of altruism -- The logic of aesthetics -- A Christian utopia -- "The Russian idea" -- Conclusion: Dostoevsky's vision of humanity.