Why Tolstoy and Dostoevsky Matter Now More Than Ever by Tim McIntosh

Why Tolstoy and Dostoevsky Matter Now More Than Ever by Tim McIntosh

Nevertheless, Christianity was “the dominating force” in the works of both novelists (William Lyon Phelps, Essays on Russian Novelists, 1911). Both knew something neglected by the best of modern novelists: The human heart inhales hope for transcendence. Both novelists portrayed their heroes and heroines as wandering hearts, unprotected by doctrinal armor, exposed to the same tribulations and rewards that God visited upon Job. Both novelists obsess over eternal questions — giving their work a fresh relevancy in our culture preoccupied with an ethics of utility.

Good thoughts for the study of Dostoevsky and Utilitarianism