Notes from Aboveground

By Mike McElroy

The mature period of Dostoevsky's writing went from the Notes From Underground to The Brothers Karamazov. In Notes From Aboveground we meet the Aboveground Man an amalgam of the Underground Man and Ivan Karamazov. The Aboveground Man finds himself in the afterlife - in this case a version of the Buddhist notion of the Bardo. The Aboveground Man immediately starts to argue with the spirit beings he finds there. He raises Ivan's issue, that of theodicy, the problem of evil, the problem of suffering: what is the point of all the suffering and how can he accept so much suffering that seems so unacceptable? Notes From Aboveground will be of interest to those concerned with legacy of Dostoevsky's writings. It should also interest those who are fans of Canus' writing and the influence Dostoevsky had upon him. Dealing with issues around theodicy, nihilism, Lionel Trilling's notion of adversary culture, the philosophies of Lev Shestov and Ken Wilber, amongst other issues, it should appeal to those interested in literary criticism, literary theory, philosophy and theology.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 153903626X
• ISBN13: 9781539036265
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"