Dostoyevsky Reads Hegel in Siberia and Bursts into Tears

Synopsis

An exemplary collection of work from one of the world’s leading scholars of intellectual history “földényi. Stage[s] a broad metaphysical melodrama between opposites that he pursues throughout this fierce, provoking collection (expertly translated by ottilie mulzet). He proves himself a brilliant interpreter of the dark underside of enlightenment ambition. ”—james wood, new yorker lászló földényi’s work, in the long tradition of public intellectual and cultural criticism, resonates with the writings of montaigne, walter benjamin, and thomas mann.