Heidegger and Dostoevsky on European Nihilism
Abstract In the light of Heidegger’s use of Dostoevsky at the start of his lectures on European nihilism, the article considers and evaluates Heidegger’s and Dostoevsky’s respective accounts of the nature of European or Western nihilism and how this may be overcome.
Authors
- George Pattison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8036-9761)
Institutions
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Human Affairs
- Published
- 2025-08-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1515/humaff-2025-0025
- Primary Topic
- Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00