“Well, go, love Ivan!”: Ivan Karamazov unveiled and the “Pro and Contra” debate revisited

In his direct comments on The Brothers Karamazov , Fyodor Dostoevsky only refers to Book V (“Pro and Contra”) and VI (“The Russian Monk”) as the novel’s culminating points. These two Books, notoriously polemical, constitute a debate provoked by the representative of Contra values, Ivan Karamazov, wh...

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Published in:	Studies in East European thought Vol. 77; no. 5; pp. 1021 - 1035
Main Author:	Yang, Shudi
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.10.2025 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Debates Education History Novels Philosophy Political Philosophy Political Science Russian literature Spirituality Testimony Atheism Children Dostoevsky Ivan Karamazov Love
ISSN:	0925-9392, 1573-0948
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