Benjamin McEvoy | How to Read Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov @BenjaminMcEvoy | Uploaded March 2023 | Updated October 2024, 15 hours ago.
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0:00 how to read The Brothers Karamazov
1:41 the history of Dostoyevsky’s masterpiece
2:23 Freud on Dostoyevsky’s novel
3:09 famous fans of The Brothers Karamazov
3:52 treat the novel as philosophical dialogue
4:40 the characters of Dostoyevsky
6:30 polyphonics & composing in voices
7:41 how to converse with Dostoyevsky
8:38 the theme of fathers & sons
9:22 Dostoyevsky’s personal tragedy
11:00 the social concerns of Dostoyevsky
12:45 parricide at the heart of the novel
13:40 all Karamazovs are the same
15:21 the Golden Era of Russia Literature
17:50 on Dostoyevsky’s exile
18:37 learning about Dostoyevsky’s life
19:07 Christ vs the Grand Inquisitor
22:50 on the burden of free will
25:00 the power of divine love
29:00 reason vs religious faith
33:11 treat the novel as spiritual vision
34:40 Dostoyevsky’s biblical allusions
37:10 on the King James Bible
39:00 Dostoyevsky and religion
41:30 novel as imperative to divinely love
43:20 the best translation of Dostoyevsky
45:01 pacing your reading of this novel
46:50 share your reading with others
47:45 meaningful reading & living great books
48:10 thank you & questions for you