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Notes from Underground

Index Notes from Underground

Notes from Underground (pre-reform Russian: Записки изъ подполья; post-reform Zapíski iz podpólʹya), also translated as Notes from the Underground or Letters from the Underworld, is an 1864 novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky. [1]

41 relations: Antihero, Civil service, Crime and Punishment, David Magarshack, Demons (Dostoevsky novel), Determinism, Enlightened self-interest, Epoch (Russian magazine), Existential crisis, Existentialism, Fahrenheit 451 (2018 film), Fyodor Dostoevsky, Guy Montag, Henry Czerny, Inside (2012 film), Monologue, Necessitarianism, Nihilism, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Novella, Pan-Slavism, Philosophical fiction, Praxis (process), Psychology, Rational egoism, Reforms of Russian orthography, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, Rodion Raskolnikov, Saint Petersburg, Søren Kierkegaard, Sheryl Lee, Slavophilia, Social inertia, Social isolation, Sociology, The Crystal Palace, The Raw Youth, Unreliable narrator, Utopia, What Is To Be Done? (novel), Zeki Demirkubuz.

Antihero

An antihero, or antiheroine, is a protagonist in a story who lacks conventional heroic qualities and attributes such as idealism, courage, and morality.

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Civil service

The civil service is independent of government and composed mainly of career bureaucrats hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership.

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Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment (Pre-reform Russian: Преступленіе и наказаніе; post-reform prʲɪstʊˈplʲenʲɪje ɪ nəkɐˈzanʲɪje) is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky.

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David Magarshack

David Magarshack (23 December 1899 – 26 October 1977) was a British translator and biographer of Russian authors, best known for his translations of Dostoevsky and Nikolai Gogol.

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Demons (Dostoevsky novel)

Demons (pre-reform Russian: Бѣсы; post-reform Bésy; sometimes also called The Possessed or The Devils) is a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, first published in the journal The Russian Messenger in 1871–2.

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Determinism

Determinism is the philosophical theory that all events, including moral choices, are completely determined by previously existing causes.

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Enlightened self-interest

Enlightened self-interest is a philosophy in ethics which states that persons who act to further the interests of others (or the interests of the group or groups to which they belong), ultimately serve their own self-interest.

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Epoch (Russian magazine)

Epoch (Эпо́ха) was a Russian literary magazine published in 1864-65 by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and his brother Mikhail.

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Existential crisis

An existential crisis is a moment at which an individual questions if their life has meaning, purpose, or value.

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Existentialism

Existentialism is a tradition of philosophical inquiry associated mainly with certain 19th and 20th-century European philosophers who, despite profound doctrinal differences,Oxford Companion to Philosophy, ed.

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Fahrenheit 451 (2018 film)

Fahrenheit 451 is a 2018 American dystopian drama film written and directed by Ramin Bahrani, based on the book of the same name by Ray Bradbury.

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Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Mikhailovich DostoevskyHis name has been variously transcribed into English, his first name sometimes being rendered as Theodore or Fedor.

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Guy Montag

Guy Montag is a fictional character and the protagonist in Ray Bradbury's dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953).

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Henry Czerny

Henry Czerny (born February 8, 1959) is a Canadian film, stage and television actor.

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Inside (2012 film)

Inside (Yeraltı) is a 2012 Turkish drama film directed by Zeki Demirkubuz.

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Monologue

In theatre, a monologue (from μονόλογος, from μόνος mónos, "alone, solitary" and λόγος lógos, "speech") is a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their mental thoughts aloud, though sometimes also to directly address another character or the audience.

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Necessitarianism

Necessitarianism is a metaphysical principle that denies all mere possibility; there is exactly one way for the world to be.

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Nihilism

Nihilism is the philosophical viewpoint that suggests the denial or lack of belief towards the reputedly meaningful aspects of life.

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Nikolay Chernyshevsky

Nikolay Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky (12 July 1828 – 17 October 1889) was a Russian revolutionary democrat, materialist philosopher, critic, and socialist (seen by some as a utopian socialist).

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Novella

A novella is a text of written, fictional, narrative prose normally longer than a short story but shorter than a novel, somewhere between 7,500 and 40,000 words.

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Pan-Slavism

Pan-Slavism, a movement which crystallized in the mid-19th century, is the political ideology concerned with the advancement of integrity and unity for the Slavic-speaking peoples.

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Philosophical fiction

Philosophical fiction refers to the class of works of fiction which devote a significant portion of their content to the sort of questions normally addressed in discursive philosophy.

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Praxis (process)

Praxis (from translit) is the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted, embodied, or realized.

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Psychology

Psychology is the science of behavior and mind, including conscious and unconscious phenomena, as well as feeling and thought.

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Rational egoism

Rational egoism (also called rational selfishness) is the principle that an action is rational if and only if it maximizes one's self-interest.

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Reforms of Russian orthography

The reform of Russian orthography refers to official and unofficial changes made to the Russian alphabet over the course of the history of the Russian language, and in particular those made between the 18th-20th centuries.

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Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (Лариса Волохонская, RU) are a couple who are best known for their collaborative translations.

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Rodion Raskolnikov

Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov (pre-reform Russian: Родіонъ Романовичъ Раскольниковъ; post-reform rədʲɪˈon rɐˈmanəvʲɪtɕ rɐˈskolʲnʲɪkəf) is the fictional protagonist of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg (p) is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow, with 5 million inhabitants in 2012, part of the Saint Petersburg agglomeration with a population of 6.2 million (2015).

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Søren Kierkegaard

Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (5 May 1813 – 11 November 1855) was a Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher.

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Sheryl Lee

Sheryl Lynn Lee (born April 22, 1967) is a German-born American film, stage, and television actress.

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Slavophilia

Slavophilia was an intellectual movement originating from 19th century that wanted the Russian Empire to be developed upon values and institutions derived from its early history.

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Social inertia

In psychology and sociology, social inertia is the resistance to change or the endurance of stable relationships in societies or social groups.

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Social isolation

Social isolation is a state of complete or near-complete lack of contact between an individual and society.

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Sociology

Sociology is the scientific study of society, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and culture.

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The Crystal Palace

The Crystal Palace was a cast-iron and plate-glass structure originally built in Hyde Park, London, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851.

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The Raw Youth

The Raw Youth (Подросток, Podrostok), also published as The Adolescent or An Accidental Family, is a novel by Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky, first published in monthly installments in 1875 in the Russian literary magazine Notes of the Fatherland.

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Unreliable narrator

An unreliable narrator is a narrator whose credibility has been seriously compromised.

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Utopia

A utopia is an imagined community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its citizens.

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What Is To Be Done? (novel)

What Is To Be Done? (Chto délat'?; also translated as "What Shall We Do?" and literally translated as "What To Do?") is an 1863 novel written by the Russian philosopher, journalist and literary critic Nikolai Chernyshevsky.

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Zeki Demirkubuz

Zeki Demirkubuz (born 1 October 1964 in Isparta, Turkey) is a contemporary Turkish film director, screenwriter, producer and film editor.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notes_from_Underground

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