Resurrection from the underground: Feodor Dostoevsky

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"In a fascinating analysis of critical themes in Feodor Dostoevsky's work, René Girard explores the implications of the Russian author's "underground," a site of isolation, alienation, and resentment. Brilliantly translated, this book is a testament to Girard's remarkable engagement with Dostoevsky's work, through which he discusses numerous aspects of the human condition, including desire, which Girard argues is "triangular" or "mimetic"--Copied from models or mediators whose objects of desire…

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Full title :Resurrection from the underground : Feodor Dostoevsky / René Girard ; edited and translated by James G. Williams.

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"In a fascinating analysis of critical themes in Feodor Dostoevsky's work, René Girard explores the implications of the Russian author's "underground," a site of isolation, alienation, and resentment. Brilliantly translated, this book is a testament to Girard's remarkable engagement with Dostoevsky's work, through which he discusses numerous aspects of the human condition, including desire, which Girard argues is "triangular" or "mimetic"--Copied from models or mediators whose objects of desire become our own. Girard's interdisciplinary approach allows him to shed new light on religion, spirituality, and redemption in Dostoevsky's writing, culminating in a revelatory discussion of the author's spiritual understanding and personal integration. Resurrection is an essential and thought-provoking companion to Dostoevsky's Notes from the Underground."--Project Muse.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Michigan State University Press
Place of Publication:East Lansing
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (PDF (xxvi, 94 s.)).

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ISBN:9781609173203, 1609173201
oclc:ocn940657939
Dewey Decimal:891.73/3

Rene Girard since 1996 / by James G. Williams -- Rene Girard / by James G. Williams -- A biographical prologue -- Chronology of Feodor Dostoevsky -- Resurrection from the underground: Feodor Dostoevsky -- Descent into the inferno -- Underground psychology -- Underground metaphysics -- Resurrection -- Mimetic desire in the underground.