Against Nihilism : Nietzsche Meets Dostoevsky / Maia Stepenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stepenberg, Maïa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nihilism (Philosophy)--History.

Nihilism (Philosophy).

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900--Criticism and interpretation.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881--Criticism and interpretation.

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 pages)

Place of Publication:

Montreal : Black Rose Books, [2019]

Summary:

"Against Nihilism compares the writings of Nietzsche and Dostoevsky on key topics such as criminality, Christianity and the figure of the Outsider to reveal the urgency and contemporary resonance of their shared struggle against nihilism." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781551646787

1551646781

OCLC:

1196191683