Dostoevsky's Dialectics and the Problem of Sin

by Ksana Blank

Book Overview

In Dostoevsky's Dialectics and the Problem of Sin, Ksana Blank borrows from ancient Greek, Chinese, and Christian dialectical traditions to formulate a dynamic image of Dostoevsky's dialectics--distinct from Hegelian 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: goodness that begets evil, beautiful...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810126931
• ISBN13: 9780810126930
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"