Episode 89, Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground (Part I - The Life of Fyodor Dostoevsky)

The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast

Jack Symes | Andrew Horton, Oliver Marley, and Rose de Castellane

Education, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Courses

4.8 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Introduction

I write this in secret, hoping that these notes be passed on outside Russia. The author of the diary and the diary itself may, of course, be imaginary. Nevertheless, it is clear that such persons as the Underground Man do exist in our society.

We have tried to expose him to the public but so far there has been no luck. If only people knew of the power of the Underground. He is one of the representatives of a generation still living, a generation waiting patiently for the right moment. His notes were discovered long after his passing, written on tatty paper in cheap ink, covered in cigarette burns and dust….

Don't listen to the ants who would rather slave over the anthill than accept the truth. These notes are yours now, spread them to every corner of the globe. Long live the Underground!

Contents

Part I. The Life of Fyodor Dostoevsky

Part II. Underground

Part III. Apropos of the Wet Snow

Part IV. Body and Blood

Part V. Further Analysis and Discussion

Links

Notes from Underground, Dostoevsky (pdf).

Teaching Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature (book).

Dostoevsky: A Writer in His Time (Joseph Frank).

The Case against Rational Egoism in Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground, James P. Scanlan (paper).

Symbolism of Rats and Mice in Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground, Michael Haltresht (paper).

Notes from Underground, Dostoevsky - Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (book).

Transcript

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0:00.0	I write this in secret, hoping that these notes be passed on outside Russia.
0:13.0	The author of the diary and the diary itself may of course be imaginary.
0:17.3	Nevertheless, it is clear that such persons as the underground man do exist in our society.
0:22.6	We have tried to expose him to the public, but so far there has been no luck, if only people knew the power of the underground.
0:30.6	He is one of the representatives of a generation still living, a generation waiting patiently for the right moment.
0:38.3	His notes were discovered, long after his passing, written on tattie paper and cheap ink, covered in cigarette burns and dust.
0:46.3	Don't listen to the ants who would rather slave over the ant help and accept the truth.
0:52.3	These notes are yours now.
0:55.4	Spread them to every corner of the globe.
0:57.9	Long live the underground.
1:20.5	Thank you. Hello and welcome to episode 89 of Pansaicast.
1:25.5	I'm the comrade living in conscious inertia, Mr. Jack Symes.
1:32.0	I'm joined once again by the Englishman born and raised in the Crystal Palace itself, Mr. Andrew Horton.
1:32.8	Prevett.
1:42.5	And the machina alienated from society and paralyzed by his own sense of insignificance, Mr. Olly Marley.
1:44.0	Privet, Comrade Soames.
1:48.5	It's a Christmas countdown Dostoevsky special.
1:54.3	Nothing says Christmas, like living in the underground and resenting all the rest of humankind.
1:57.0	Sounds like my Christmas.
2:00.1	It's very in line with our Christmas for the last few years, isn't it? We've done quite a few of these.
2:01.8	Yeah, we've done Nietzsche, a special Nietzsche Christmas twice.
2:06.5	Special Nietzsche Christmas.
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