{UAH} Dostoevsky and the triumph of poetry over ideology

 FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY- The Great Russian Novelist whose works appear frequently in the list of the Top 10 of the Greatest Novels ever written is not known to many Ugandans as Russian Literature was not taught in our schools. Unless they have studied Literature at University level, or are book lovers like myself, most Ugandans would have missed out on Leo Tolstoy's WAR AND PEACE, and ANNA KARENINA regarded as the greatest novels ever written, and of course Dostoevsky's own seminal works CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, and THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV. I want to introduce Ugandans to Dostoevsky..His literary testament wrestles with the question of evil and innocence, of individual freedom and suffering, of religion and tyranny. Dostoevsky mounted up a sharp criticism of institutionalized Christianity, as well as secular modernity. Even today, so many years after his death, one still needs to give heed to Dostoevsky's extraordinary insights into the subtle dialogue of faith and reason. In order to understand the origins of modern atheism, the genealogy of Western nihilism, and the logic of the secular age, we must come to grips with Dostoevsky's work.

Bobby

Dostoevsky and the triumph of poetry over ideology

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