Dostoevsky: Notes From Underground & Rational Egoism

Dostoevsky s Notes From Underground is considered to be the first work of existentialism. It s a rebuke to the rational egoists of his day, specifically Nikolai Chernyshevsky s What is to be Done? What s the analysis? How do we interpret the book? And how did he predict the financial crash of 2008? Then & Now is FAN-FUNDED! Support me on Patreon and pledge as little as $1 per video: http://patreon.com/user?u=3517018 Or send me a one-off tip of any amount and help me make more videos: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=JJ76W4CZ2A8J2 Follow me on: Facebook: http://fb.me/thethenandnow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thethenandnow/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lewlewwaller Sources: Jackson, Robert Louis, Dostoevsky’s Underground Man in Russian Literature Paris, Bernard. J., Dosteovsky’s Greatest Characters Dostoevsky, Notes From Underground Scanlan, James P. "The Case against Rational Egoism in Dostoevsky s "Notes from Underground"." Journal of the History of Ideas 60, no. 3 (1999): 549-67. doi:10.2307/3654018. Weiner, A, The Most Politically Dangerous Book You’ve Never Heard Of, Politico, https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/12/russian-novel-chernyshevsky-financial-crisis-revolution-214516 Credits: Stock footage provided by Videvo, downloaded from https://www.videvo.net Music: Evening of Chaos by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300041 Artist: http://incompetech.com/