Dostoyevsky reads Hegel in Siberia and bursts into tears / / Laszlo F. Foldenyi ; translated from the Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet.

• Superior document: Margellos world republic of letters book
• VerfasserIn: Foldenyi, F. Laszlo, 1952-
• TeilnehmendeR: Mulzet, Ottilie,
• Place / Publishing House: New Haven, Connecticut ;, London : : Yale University Press,, [2020]; 2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Margellos world republic of letters book.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 pages).

Laszlo F. Foldenyi is a writer who is learned in reference, taste, and judgment, and entertaining in style. Taking a place in the long tradition of public intellectual and cultural criticism, his work resonates with that of Montaigne, Rilke, and Mann in its deep insight into aspects of culture that have been suppressed, yet still remain in the depth of our conscious. In this new collection of essays, Foldenyi considers the fallout from the end of religion and how the traditions of the Enlightenment have replaced neither the metaphysical completeness nor the comforting purpose of the previously held mythologies. Combining beautiful writing with empathy, imagination, fascination, and a fierce sense of justice, Foldenyi covers a wide range of topics that include a meditation on the metaphysical unity of a sculpture group and an analysis of fear as a window into our relationship with time.