Meaning of Dostoyevskiyan | Babel Free

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“Amos Oz (see Preface), in a literary essay dedicated to S.Y. Agnon’s artistry, wonders about the surprisingly close relations between Agnon and Y. Ch. Brenner (a highly prominent Israeli author, 1881–1921): “What, in God’s name, makes a bitter person, sentimental, of slack appearance and bad-tempered like Brenner, a person of a Russian mentality, perhaps a little Dostoyevskiyan, to endear a refined and soft young person, shy lyrical and coquettish, a delicate aromatic fruit spoiled in its protecting cover, like Agnon…?””

“Grachev’s telegram to the Pacific Fleet stated that Adm. Gurinov had been dismissed for “…serious shortcomings in his organizational activity relating to leadership of the Fleet.” The accusation was formulated in the relatively classic way—it can be used to remove any commander, including a flag officer. And at any time, if we proceed on the Dostoyevskiyan basis that “…absolutely anyone can be blamed for anything.””

“Many Russians believe, as they have in the past, that the Russian nation has a special word to say to the world, be it the Dostoyevskiyan idea of a Russian "god," the "truth" of "Pravda" during the Soviet period or the "unifying national idea" of the Yeltsin regime now.”

“[…] and tradition-respect, in the terms of the Dostoyevskiyan I do not accept the world.”

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