Dostoevsky’s anthropology. A human as a problem and object for depiction in Dostoevsky’s world: Proceedings of the international symposium

Abstract

The reviewed proceedings of the international symposium on Dostoevsky’s anthropology include papers so diverse and often unrelated to the topic of the event that they hardly merit the title Dostoevsky’s Anthropology, which may mislead the reader. However, as a collection of papers that introduces and characterises the specific symposium, the publication will find an interested audience. The reviewer proposes that the reader begins with A. Gacheva’s article, as it appears to have had the most success in identifying the main themes and key points of Dostoevsky’s anthropology as such. The author argues that Dostoevsky’s writings centre on a human in God’s perspective, which accounts for the fact that our fascination with his work grows over time, and suggests that the collected proceedings may appeal to Dostoevsky scholars and broader audiences alike.