Table of Contents

Table of Contents

 

Introduction to the works

Notions of chaos and order in Fathers and Sons, by Ivan Turgenev

Introduction

The Histrionic Chronicle of Tsarist Russia

The Great Generational Divide

Aesthetics of Humanity and the Materialism of Life

Nihilism and Chaos

The Crisis of Nihilism

Interlude: a short history of the Russian Revolution, 1917

Theories of existence in Notes from Underground, by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Preamble

Existentialism from Kierkegaard through Sartre

The Problem of Delusions and Reality

Human Inertia and the Essence of Suffering

An Attack against Rationalism

The Crystal Palace and the Ultimate Goal of Mankind

A Final Comment on the Underground

A philosophical enquiry into the origins of the Russian Revolution

Citations

 

Author's Note

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