This innovative study brings the early writings of Mikhail Bakhtin
into conversation with Max Scheler and Fyodor Dostoevsky to explore
the question of what makes emotional co-experiencing ethically and
spiritually productive. In Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics,
Bakhtin's well-known concept of the dialogical partner expresses
what he sees as the potential of human relationships in
Dostoevsky's work. But his earlier reflections on the ethical and
aesthetic uses of empathy, in part inspired by Scheler's
philosophy, suggest a still more fundamental form of communication
that operates as a basis for human togetherness in Dostoevsky.
Applying this rich and previously neglected theoretical apparatus
in a literary analysis, Wyman examines the obstacles to active
empathy in Dostoevsky's fictional world, considers the limitations
and excesses of empathy, addresses the problem of frustrated love
in The Idiot and Notes from Underground, and provides a fresh
interpretation of two of Dostoevsky's most iconic characters,
Prince Myshkin and Alyosha Karamazov.
General
| Imprint: |
Northwestern University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Studies in Russian Literature and Theory |
| Release date: |
May 2016 |
| Authors: |
Alina Wyman
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| Editors: |
Gary Saul Morson
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
304 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8101-3336-5 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-8101-3336-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780810133365 |
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