Dostoevsky and The Idea of Russianness

A New Perspective on Unity and Brotherhood
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-415-30489-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 513 g

Reihe: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

This book examines Dostoevsky's interest in, and engagement with, "Slavophilism" - a Russian mid-nineteenth century movement of conservative nationalist thought. It explores Dostoevsky's views, as expressed in both his non-fiction and fiction, on the religious, spiritual and moral ideas which he considered to be innately Russian. It concludes that Dostoevsky is an important successor to the Slavophiles, in that he developed their ideas in a more coherent fashion, broadening their moral and spiritual concerns into a more universal message about the true worth of Russia and her people.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hudspith, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Nationalismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Slavophile Context.1. Dostoevsky's Ideological Position with Regard to the Slavophile Movement.2. The Dramatisation in Dostoevsky's Fiction of Themes Found in Slavophile Thought.3. The Iranian Text: Slavophile Principles Applied to the Practice of Writing.Concluding Remarks.

Über Autor(innen)

Sarah Hudspith is a lecturer at the University of Leeds. Her main area of specialism is nineteenth century Russian literature, especially Dostoevsky and Tolstoy.