Political Apocalypse

Fyodor Dostoevsky has often been regarded as a prophet who foretold the rise of totalitarian socialism in Russia. But his political vision had deep spiritual roots. Dostoevsky's searing struggle with the question of God is famously presented in the legend of the Grand Inquisitor in The Brothers Karamazov.

Ellis Sandoz is the Hermann Moyse, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Louisiana State University and director of the Eric Voegelin Institute for American Renaissance Studies.

Preface to the Second Edition

xi

Preface to the First Edition

xiii

Introduction

xvii

PART ONE MAJOR FORMATIVE FACTORS: A SKETCH

Roots of Russian Revolutionism

5

(34)

Intellectual Currents: Hegelianism a la Russe

6

(12)

Western Revolutionism and Ideology

18

(5)

Spiritual Currents: Orthodoxy, Sectarianism and Russian Myth

23

(16)

Faith and the Nature of Man

39

(36)

Man and the Divine

39

(4)

The Experiential Ground of Faith

43

(11)

Suffering and Faith

54

(8)

Mythopoesis and Mystical Theology

62

(13)

PART TWO THE LEGEND OF THE GRAND INQUISITOR

The Legend as Political Apocalypse

75

(26)

Dostoevsky's Intentions: Survey of Materials

76

(5)

Perspective and Method of Analysis

81

(3)

Structure and Sources

84

(12)

Political Apocalypse

96

(5)

Leitmotifs

101

(26)

Christ: The Principle of Active Love

101

(4)

Confessions of Faith

105

(5)

The Grand Inquisitor: The Principle of Negation and Rebellion

110

(17)

The Temptation: Trial and Apocalypse

127

(44)

Dostoevsky and Solovyov

128

(2)

Apocalypse and History

130

(14)

Biblical Context

144

(5)

The First Temptation

149

(5)

The Second Temptation

154

(2)

The Third Temptation

156

(9)

Culture and Crisis

165

(6)

Metaphysics of Rebellion

171

(20)

The Devil and Ivan: Active Negation and New Men

173

(5)

Rebellion as Spiritual Disease

178

(3)

Ethical Theory

181

(2)

Metaphysical Rebellion

183

(8)

Philosophical Anthropology

191

(28)

Personal Freedom and Human Nature

191

(8)

Time and Eternity

199

(12)

The Last Judgment

211

(8)

PART THREE CONCLUSION

The Range of Politics

219

(20)

The Transcendent and the Immanent

219

(10)

Esoteric and Exoteric Politics

229

(2)

The Tension of Existence: Institutions and Order

231

(8)

Conclusion: Dostoevsky's Political Theory

239

(16)

Epilogue

255

(30)

Notes

285

(56)

Index

341

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