Dostoevsky's philosophy of life is unfolded in this searching
analysis of his five greatest works: Notes from the Underground,
Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Possessed, and The Brothers
Karamazov. Predrag Cicovacki deals with a fundamental issue in
Dostoevsky's opus neglected by all of his commentators: How can we
affirm life and preserve a healthy optimism in the face of an
increasingly troublesome reality? This work displays the vital
significance of Dostoevsky's philosophy for understanding the human
condition in the twenty-first century. The main task of this
insightful effort is to reconstruct and examine Dostoevsky's
"aesthetically" motivated affirmation of life, based on cycles of
transgression and restoration. If life has no meaning, as his
central figures claim, it is absurd to affirm life and pointless to
live. Since Dostoevsky's doubts concerning the meaning of life
resonate so deeply in our own age of pessimism and relativism, the
central question of this book, whether Dostoevsky can overcome the
skepticism of his most brilliant creation, is innately relevant.
This volume includes a thorough literary analysis of Dostoevsky's
texts, yet even those who have not read all of these novels will
find Cicovacki's analysis interesting and enthralling. The reader
will easily extrapolate Cicovacki's own philosophical
interpretation of Dostoevsky's literary heritage.
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