Dostoevskij in the eyes of Leont’ev: The foundations and consequences of different identities
There lies at the basis of Leont’ev’s conception a clear distinction and fundamental division of two primary dimensions and rhythms of reality: history and eschatology. In the light of this Leont’evian perspective Dostoevskij’s conception was interpreted and critically evaluated through the prism of...
| Published in: | Studies in East European thought |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
[2010]
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Studies in East European thought
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| Further subjects: | B
Dostoevskij
B Problematization B Tradition B History B Leont’ev B Eschatology |
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| Summary: | There lies at the basis of Leont’ev’s conception a clear distinction and fundamental division of two primary dimensions and rhythms of reality: history and eschatology. In the light of this Leont’evian perspective Dostoevskij’s conception was interpreted and critically evaluated through the prism of the absence in it, and the lack of awareness of the consequence thereof, of a similar, fundamental distinction. The centrality of Dostoevskij in the Russian and intellectual cultural tradition is, among other things, tied to his acceptance of a series of fundamental and constitutive assumptions deeply rooted in a characteristic sphere of myths and illusions. The specificity of the place and significance of Leont’ev’s concepts within this tradition results from the fact that it takes a critical distance, giving thus the possibility of conceiving an essentially different problematization of the world extending beyond commonly established and naturalized obviousness of the principles and ‘prejudices’ of one’s own culture. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-0948 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in East European thought
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11212-010-9095-x |