{"product_id":"dostoevskys-crime-and-punishment-philosophical-perspectives-9780190464028","title":"Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment: Philosophical Perspectives","description":"The gruesome double-murder upon which the novel \u003cem\u003eCrime and Punishment \u003c\/em\u003ehinges leads its culprit, Raskolnikov, into emotional trauma and obsessive, destructive self-reflection. But Raskolnikov's famous philosophical musings are just part of the full philosophical thought manifest in one of Dostoevsky's most famous novels. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume, uniquely, brings together prominent philosophers and literary scholars to deepen our understanding of the novel's full range of philosophical thought. The seven essays treat a diversity of topics, including: language and the representation of the human mind, emotions and the susceptibility to loss, the nature of agency, freedom and the possibility of evil, the family and the failure of utopian critique, the authority of law and morality, and the dialogical self. Further, authors provide new approaches for thinking about the relationship between literary representation and philosophy, and the way that Dostoevsky labored over intricate problems of narrative form in \u003cem\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether, these essays demonstrate a seminal work's full philosophical worth--a novel rich with complex themes whose questions reverberate powerfully into the 21st century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Guay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190464028\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Guay\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Binghamton University, State University of New York, where he has taught since 2006. He works primarily on nineteenth-century European philosophy, especially as it relates to issues of agency, history, and ethics. His work has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Nietzsche \u003c\/em\u003e(2013)\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003ethe \u003cem\u003eJournal of Nietzsche Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eEdinburgh Critical History of Nineteenth Century Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e, and other venues. He is currently working on a book on Nietzsche's ethical thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45461302902899,"sku":"9780190464028","price":62.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_4f71de3d-72de-49eb-8186-957aa8e6c05b.jpg?v=1788864503","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/dostoevskys-crime-and-punishment-philosophical-perspectives-9780190464028","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}