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Saturday, February 4. 2023

Dostoevsky’s masterpiece, ‘Crime and Punishment'


Dostoevsky’s masterpiece, ‘Crime and Punishment,’ offers a radical reinterpretation of guilt and redemption.



 The uncomfortable truth that Raskolnikov discovers is that one’s inner self may be dark: cruel, evil, petty, and arrogant to the point of inhumanity. The hideous truth that Dostoevsky reveals is that perhaps one’s inner self is even usually this way.


Raskolnikov is ashamed of not feeling shame for his obsession with his own identity, and he covers up this shame with pride in himself, as though pride were the opposite of—and cure for—his shame. 



Posted by Bird Dog in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 13:16 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

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But, but, but, he's Russian! (sarc)
Isn't that what Yin and Yang is about?
We all have a Mean Boy side but you have to balance.
Look out when masses get the idea that one group of people is "subhuman" and deserves to be treated as such just as Aldous Huxley said about the job of a propagandist.
BTW-Tolstoy is underrated. (thoughtcrime)
#1 Balloons Uber Alles on 2023-02-04 15:28 (Reply)
Speaking of crime and punishment. What the Republicans in the house should do is appoint a committee to investigate the 2020 election and most importantly to bring in each and every one of the 2000 Mules (there were actually 40,000) and ask them questions under oath. I'm betting it would make for some chilling TV. 2000 people would claim their 5th amendment rights.
#2 OneGuy on 2023-02-05 19:27 (Reply)

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