Dostoevsky's Crime and punishment : philosophical perspectives / Robert Guay.
2019
PG3325.P73
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Title
Dostoevsky's Crime and punishment : philosophical perspectives / Robert Guay.
ISBN
9780190464059 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Call Number
PG3325.P73
Dewey Decimal Classification
891.733
Summary
In 'Crime and Punishment', Fyodor Dostoevsky uses the commission of a double-murder to initiate and organize a diverse set of philosophical reflections. This volume contains seven essays that approach the novel through philosophical themes in order to offer both readings of the text and continuations of its reflections. The topics addressed include Dostoevsky's presentation of mind and psychological investigation, as well as the nature of self-knowledge; emotions, in particular guilt and love, and their role in overcoming ambivalence toward existence; the nature of agency; the metaphysical conditions of freedom and the possibility of evil; the family and the failure of utopian thought; individuality and the authority of the law; and Bakhtin's conceptions of dialogue and polyphony and his views of the self and generative time.
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Previously issued in print: 2019.
In 'Crime and Punishment', Fyodor Dostoevsky uses the commission of a double-murder to initiate and organize a diverse set of philosophical reflections. This volume contains seven essays that approach the novel through philosophical themes in order to offer both readings of the text and continuations of its reflections. The topics addressed include Dostoevsky's presentation of mind and psychological investigation, as well as the nature of self-knowledge; emotions, in particular guilt and love, and their role in overcoming ambivalence toward existence; the nature of agency; the metaphysical conditions of freedom and the possibility of evil; the family and the failure of utopian thought; individuality and the authority of the law; and Bakhtin's conceptions of dialogue and polyphony and his views of the self and generative time.
In 'Crime and Punishment', Fyodor Dostoevsky uses the commission of a double-murder to initiate and organize a diverse set of philosophical reflections. This volume contains seven essays that approach the novel through philosophical themes in order to offer both readings of the text and continuations of its reflections. The topics addressed include Dostoevsky's presentation of mind and psychological investigation, as well as the nature of self-knowledge; emotions, in particular guilt and love, and their role in overcoming ambivalence toward existence; the nature of agency; the metaphysical conditions of freedom and the possibility of evil; the family and the failure of utopian thought; individuality and the authority of the law; and Bakhtin's conceptions of dialogue and polyphony and his views of the self and generative time.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780190464011
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