The Stranger Within: Dostoevsky's Underground

Autor/in	Roberts, Peter
Titel	The Stranger Within: Dostoevsky's Underground
Quelle	In: Educational Philosophy and Theory, 45 (2013) 4, S.396-408 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1857
DOI	10.1080/00131857.2012.718146
Schlagwörter	Novels; Nineteenth Century Literature; Philosophy; Social Distance; Familiarity; Education; Change + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Novel; Roman; Philosophie; Bildung; Erziehung; Wandel
Abstract	In Fyodor Dostoevsky's influential novel "Notes from underground", we find one of the most memorable characters in nineteenth century literature. The Underground Man, around whom everything else in this book revolves, is in some respects utterly repugnant: he is self-centred, obsessive and cruel. Yet he is also highly intelligent, honest and reflective, and he has suffered significantly at the hands of others. Reading "Notes from underground" can be a harrowing experience but also an educative one, for in an encounter with what at first seems unfamiliar and disorienting we can awaken the "stranger within". Dostoevsky's work, if we are ready for it, can shake us from our slumbers and allow us to see that what appears to be strange may in fact be deeply familiar to us. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10