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010			_z 2016004190
020			_a9780268079819
020			_a0268079811
020			_z9780268028978 (hardback)
020			_z0268028974 (cloth)
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050	0	0	_aPG3328.Z6 _bF75 2016
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100	1		_aFriesen, Leonard G., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aTranscendent love _h[electronic resource] : _bDostoevsky and the search for a global ethic / _cLeonard G. Friesen.
260			_aNotre Dame, Indiana : _bUniversity of Notre Dame Press, _c2016. _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (pages cm)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"In Transcendent Love: Dostoevsky and the Search for a Global Ethic, Leonard G. Friesen ranges widely across Dostoevsky's stories, novels, journalism, notebooks, and correspondence to demonstrate how Dostoevsky engaged with ethical issues in his times and how those same issues continue to be relevant to today's ethical debates. Friesen contends that the Russian ethical voice, in particular Dostoevsky's voice, deserves careful consideration in an increasingly global discussion of moral philosophy and the ethical life. Friesen challenges the view that contemporary liberalism provides a religiously neutral foundation for a global ethic. He argues instead that Dostoevsky has much to offer when it comes to the search for a global ethic, an ethic that for Dostoevsky was necessarily grounded in a Christian concept of an active, extravagant, and transcendent love. Friesen also investigates Dostoevsky's response to those who claimed that contemporary European trends, most evident in the rising secularization of nineteenth-century society, provided a more viable foundation for a global ethic than one grounded in the One, whom Doestoevsky called simply "the Russian Christ." Throughout, Friesen captures a sense of the depth and sheer loveliness of Dostoevsky's canon. Dostoevsky was, after all, someone who believed that the ethical life was sublimely beautiful, even as it recklessly embraced suffering and unreasonably forgave others. The book will appeal to both students and scholars of Russian literature and history, comparative ethics, global ethics, and cultural studies, and togeneral readers with an interest in Dostoevsky. "Others have written about Dostoevsky's ethics, but I am not aware of any single-authored, sustained attempt to make the case for Dostoevsky's 'transcendent love' as part of a larger discussion of a global ethic. Moreover, Leonard Friesen presents his case in an engaging and highly accessible form. He believes passionately that Dostoevsky is deeply relevant to the discussion; his commitment rings through the pages and draws the reader in. In this way, his essay makes an original contribution to Dostoevsky studies that will appeal to scholars in a variety of disciplines and to educated lay readers with ethical concerns about the path of modernity, as well as to the many fans of Dostoevsky's work." --Russell Hillier, Providence College"-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
600	0	0	_aJesus Christ _xIn literature.
600	1	0	_aDostoyevsky, Fyodor, _d1821-1881 _xEthics.
600	1	0	_aDostoyevsky, Fyodor, _d1821-1881 _xCriticism and interpretation.
650		7	_aPHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aRELIGION / Christianity / Literature & the Arts. _2bisacsh
650		0	_aReligion in literature.
650		0	_aEthics in literature.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aFriesen, Leonard G., author. _tTranscendent love _dNotre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, 2016 _z9780268079857 _w(DLC) 2016012848
710	2		_aProject Muse.
830		0	_aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780268079819/
945			_aProject MUSE - UPCC 2016 Philosophy and Religion
945			_aProject MUSE - UPCC 2016 Complete
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