Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-318) and index.
Contents:
Dostoevsky's philosophical neighbors -- Bakhtin and Scheler: toward a theory of active empathy -- Empathy as a task: problems and solutions -- The value of resentment: a sideward glance at empathy -- Dialogues on the scaffold: notes from The house of the dead and The idiot -- The limit of empathy: a Dostoevskian saint on trial -- From The idiot to The brothers Karamazov: the progress of Dostoevsky's ideal hero.
Series:
Northwestern University Press studies in Russian literature and theory
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