Future(s) of the Revolution and the Reformation
In: Radical Theologies and Philosophies Ser.
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In: Radical Theologies and Philosophies Ser.
In: Studies in East European thought, Band 74, Heft 1, S. 19-36
ISSN: 1573-0948
AbstractThis article offers a reflection upon The Brothers Karamazov, interpreted as a theological and philosophical contribution to the debate over humanity's practical relationship to suffering and vulnerability. The relationship is practical insofar as the questions with which Dostoevsky struggles all relate to human agency: How should we live in the continual presence of suffering? The article reconstructs a theology of suffering in The Brothers Karamazov as a form of anti-theodicy. Further, the theology of suffering in The Brothers Karamazov is counterposed to Leo Tolstoy's novella Hadji Murat. How does Dostoevsky's "theology of suffering" fare in a comparison with one of the most perceptive portraits of power and powerlessness in world literature? In the proposed reading of the story, the elderly Tolstoy seeks to challenge the Christian theology that views responsibility for suffering and injustice primarily as an individual struggle with the metaphysical conditions of existence.
In: Nordisk østforum: tidsskrift for politikk, samfunn og kultur i Øst-Europa og Eurasia, Band 25, Heft 4, S. 392-394
ISSN: 1891-1773
In: Political theology, Band 12, Heft 6, S. 813-829
ISSN: 1743-1719
In: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series
In: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Ser
In: Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series, 39
This book sheds new light on the continuing debate within political thought as to what constitutes power, and what distinguishes legitimate from illegitimate power. It does so by considering the experience of Russia, a polity where experiences of the legitimacy of power and the collapse of power offer a contrast to Western experiences on which most political theory, formulated in the West, is based. The book considers power in a range of contexts - philosophy and discourse; the rule of law and its importance for economic development; the use of culture and religion as means to legitimate po.