{"product_id":"dostoevskys-dialectics-and-the-problem-9780810139831","title":"Dostoevskys Dialectics and the Problem","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorrows from ancient Greek, Chinese, and Christian dialectical traditions to formulate a dynamic image of Dostoevsky's dialectics as a philosophy of compatible contradictions. Expanding on the classical triad of Goodness, Beauty, and Truth, Blank guides us through Dostoevsky's most difficult paradoxes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Blank's] great contribution lies in her ability to render the complex comprehensible and to enable the reader to engage with what she has so clearly presented as the essence, the kernel, of Dostoevskii. Hers is a study that should prove most rewarding and valuable, not only for the specialist in Dostoevskii and Russian literature, but for the general reader as well.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eSlavic Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"Ksana Blank's interesting and suggestive study seeks to reconcile the different approaches to the religious interpretations that have developed since the earliest days of Dostoevsky studies, by conceptualizing and exploring the author's antinomic thinking.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eRussian Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNote on the Transliteration and Sources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I: The Dialectic of Goodness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter One. \"If You Don't Sin, You Can't Repent; If You Don't Repent, You Can't Achieve Salvation\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Two. A Ray of Light in the Abyss\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Three. \"The Devil Begins with Froth on the Lips of an Angel\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II: The Dialectic of Beauty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Four. The Corridor of Mirrors in \u003ci\u003eThe Idiot\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Five. A Grain of Eros in the \u003ci\u003eMadonna\u003c\/i\u003e, a Spark of Beauty in Sodom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart III: The Dialectic of Truth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Six. Dostoevsky's Case for Contradictions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Seven. Antinomic Truth (\u003ci\u003eIstina\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConcluding Notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038270161239,"sku":"9780810139831","price":33.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780810139831.jpg?v=1750939719","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dostoevskys-dialectics-and-the-problem-9780810139831","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}