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“Get Lit” Livestream, 4:30 pm ET: The Finale of Dostoevsky's “Demons”
Brad and Matt bring their discussion of the Russian classic to a close.
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I am still reading Discourses on Levy.
Matt & Brad did a nice job of teasing out the ways in which Demons (I always preferred the translation, The Possessed) provides a mirror in which we can perceive the nutty, quasi-religious derangement of our contemporary radical cultural/political scene. However, it strikes me that the novel's message & Dostoyevsky himself reflect an equally troubling image on the right. While Dostoyevsky wasn't an unadulterated Slavophile like Alexey Khomyakov, he definitely shared their disdain for western liberalism and commitment to the greatness of the Russian "narod" (people) as well as their rejection of materialism for the for Orthodox faith. This sounds a lot like like our own post liberals such as Patrick Deneen -- Why Liberalism Failed or even J.D. Vance's Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith.