Aestheticism and utilitarianism: the principles of a new logic in Dostoevsky
This article expresses Dostoevsky's aesthetic conception through the famous question in his novel, The Idiot, 'Will beauty save the world?' The author wants to show how the figure of Christ plays a central role in Dostoevsky's artistic-literary conception because it is the key to...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2017]
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Church, Communication and Culture
Year: 2017, Volume: 2, Issue: 3, Pages: 220-232 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NCA Ethics VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Beauty
B Dostoevsky B aestheticism B Utilitarianism B Faith B Species |
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| Summary: | This article expresses Dostoevsky's aesthetic conception through the famous question in his novel, The Idiot, 'Will beauty save the world?' The author wants to show how the figure of Christ plays a central role in Dostoevsky's artistic-literary conception because it is the key to conciliation between the aesthetic position, which thinks that art finds its justification in its own essence, and the utilitarian one, which advocates that art should have a direct and immediate utility to the service of society. Throughout the article it will be shown that for Dostoevsky, by virtue of the figure of Christ, reconciliation is possible without the two positions having to give up some of their specificities, but keeping both together with all the richness and peculiarities of each one. |
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| ISSN: | 2375-3242 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Church, Communication and Culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/23753234.2017.1402191 |