Against Nihilism : Nietzsche Meets Dostoevsky / / Maia Stepenberg |
Autore | Stepenberg Maïa |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal : , : Black Rose Books, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (189 pages) |
Disciplina | 149.8 |
Soggetto topico | Nihilism (Philosophy) - History |
ISBN | 1-55164-678-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 - Exile and Criminality -- Nietzsche's Experience of Exile -- Nietzsche's Relationship to the Idea of Criminality -- Nietzsche's Dualism of Apollo versus Dionysus -- Dostoevsky's Experience of Exile -- Dostoevsky's Concept of Criminality -- Dostoevsky's Theme of the Double in The Idiot -- The Exile-Criminal as an Apostle of Audacity -- Exile, Criminality, and the Idea of Grandeur -- Chapter 2 - Existentialism and the Disease of Nihilism -- What Was Existentialism? -- The "Death of God" and the Advent of Nihilism:Nietzsche's Announcement of Freedom -- The Underground Man and the Misery of Freedom:Dostoevsky's Drama of Alienation -- Illness as Insight: The Value of Suffering -- Chapter 3 - Purity and Prophecy -- Will the Real Nietzsche (or Dostoevsky) PleaseStand Up? -- Nietzsche's Poetic Quest for Purity: Thus SpokeZarathustra -- "At Once Holy and Horrible": The DionysianDescent and Ascent -- Romantic Rebellion -- Dostoevsky's Vision of Strength in Weakness -- Feminine Paragons of Purity in Dostoevsky -- Sonia the Spiritual Virgin -- Chapter 4 - The Dream of the Golden Age -- A Picture of Human Perfection -- The Funny Man as a Source of Confusion -- The Dream as Devilish Denial of Blame: Stavrogin'sGolden Age Vision -- Chapter 5 - Against Nihilism -- A Matter of Life or Death: Twilight of the Idolsand the Antichrist -- Nihilism and the Apocalyptic Vision: Dostoevsky'sThe Possessed -- Chapter 6 - Freedom or Christ? -- Dmitri's Pro: Faith in a Higher Truth -- Ivan's Contra: Against Faith in a Higher Truth -- Alyosha's Faith in a Higher Truth Redux -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Why Kids Shoot Up Schools: For Nietzschean and Dostoevskian Reasons -- Appendix B: Selections from Students' Scripts Imagining Nietzsche and Dostoevsky in Dialogue -- A Select List of Consulted Readings -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794115303321 |
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Montreal : , : Black Rose Books, , [2019] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Against Nihilism : Nietzsche Meets Dostoevsky / / Maia Stepenberg |
Autore | Stepenberg Maïa |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal : , : Black Rose Books, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (189 pages) |
Disciplina | 149.8 |
Soggetto topico | Nihilism (Philosophy) - History |
ISBN | 1-55164-678-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 - Exile and Criminality -- Nietzsche's Experience of Exile -- Nietzsche's Relationship to the Idea of Criminality -- Nietzsche's Dualism of Apollo versus Dionysus -- Dostoevsky's Experience of Exile -- Dostoevsky's Concept of Criminality -- Dostoevsky's Theme of the Double in The Idiot -- The Exile-Criminal as an Apostle of Audacity -- Exile, Criminality, and the Idea of Grandeur -- Chapter 2 - Existentialism and the Disease of Nihilism -- What Was Existentialism? -- The "Death of God" and the Advent of Nihilism:Nietzsche's Announcement of Freedom -- The Underground Man and the Misery of Freedom:Dostoevsky's Drama of Alienation -- Illness as Insight: The Value of Suffering -- Chapter 3 - Purity and Prophecy -- Will the Real Nietzsche (or Dostoevsky) PleaseStand Up? -- Nietzsche's Poetic Quest for Purity: Thus SpokeZarathustra -- "At Once Holy and Horrible": The DionysianDescent and Ascent -- Romantic Rebellion -- Dostoevsky's Vision of Strength in Weakness -- Feminine Paragons of Purity in Dostoevsky -- Sonia the Spiritual Virgin -- Chapter 4 - The Dream of the Golden Age -- A Picture of Human Perfection -- The Funny Man as a Source of Confusion -- The Dream as Devilish Denial of Blame: Stavrogin'sGolden Age Vision -- Chapter 5 - Against Nihilism -- A Matter of Life or Death: Twilight of the Idolsand the Antichrist -- Nihilism and the Apocalyptic Vision: Dostoevsky'sThe Possessed -- Chapter 6 - Freedom or Christ? -- Dmitri's Pro: Faith in a Higher Truth -- Ivan's Contra: Against Faith in a Higher Truth -- Alyosha's Faith in a Higher Truth Redux -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Why Kids Shoot Up Schools: For Nietzschean and Dostoevskian Reasons -- Appendix B: Selections from Students' Scripts Imagining Nietzsche and Dostoevsky in Dialogue -- A Select List of Consulted Readings -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817958203321 |
Stepenberg Maïa
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Montreal : , : Black Rose Books, , [2019] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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