#russianlit — Public Fediverse posts

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In this deep dive, AI breaks down the "Physics of Opposites" that drives the narrative of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Idiot. At its heart, the novel is a collision between the Christ-like innocence of Prince Myshkin and the destructive, earthly passions of Rogozhin and Nastasya Filippovna.

#Dostoevsky #TheIdiot #ClassicLiterature #BookAnalysis #RussianLit #Philosophy #PrinceMyshkin #LiteraryCriticism #BookTube #GreatBooks #Existentialism #LiteratureDeepDive

I made the decision last week to read The Brothers Karamazov. It’s my first time, and yes, it is daunting. But so far I’ve found it extremely engaging and finished 7 chapters (they’re not long). I’m trying my best not to read too fast, adding notes/marginalia and keeping a journal for reflection.

I’m interested in finding any lectures or discussions that go through it from beginning to end. Please recommend if you know of any.

📚 #reading #readingcommunity #RussianLit #bookcommunity #books

"He loved science and deeply respected it, but, like many of us, he soon came to the conclusion that to follow the career of a scientific man meant to join the camp of the Philistines, and that there was plenty of other and more urgent work that he could do."
- Peter Kropotkin, Memoirs of a Revolutionist (1899)

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-memoirs-of-a-revolutionist

#academia #praxis #theory #kropotkin #anarchism #19thCLit #RussianLit #memoirs #biography #bibliophile #science #school #socialism #LibertarianSocialism

Latest reads, The Story of My Dovecot and First Love (both 1925) by Isaac Babel, from Red Cavalry and Other Stories. A Jewish boy strives to enter school in a system that is unfair to his people & culture, and succeeds regardless--only to have his family's livelihood destroyed by Cossacks in a pogrom. While in hiding from the violence, he falls in love with a sympathetic soldier's wife.
Writing that's comparable, at times, to master-paintings; so richly evocative.
#Books #ShortStory #RussianLit

@maiakbc great to meet you and thanks for your positive energy! My stuff includes: #ClimateJustice #healthjustice #harmreduction #SafeInjectionFacilities #poorpeoplescampaign #RussianLit #RonCarter forward!