FromSkandalonto Scandal

Ivan's Rebellion Reconsidered

Bibliographic Data

ID4925642
AuthorsHarriet Murav (corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume63
Issue4
Pages756-770
Publication date2004-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSlavic Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-6779 • E-ISSN: 2325-7784
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1520419
OpenAlexW2327205439
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited11

Ivan Karamazov articulates the philosophical problem of the limits of religion in his "Rebellion." In this article, Harriet Murav argues that, far from being an enemy of religion, Ivan gets to the heart of the problem of responding to the suffering of the other. Christ crucified is a scandalous temptation, according to St. Paul. Extending the logic of theskandalonto Ivan makes possible an alternative reading of his "Rebellion." The suffering of the innocent child is Ivan's "stumbling block,"-theskandalonthat prevents him from accepting the meaningfulness of human history. But reading Ivan's position as nothing more than an attack on religion gets us off the hook of theskandalontoo easily. To remain hypnotized by the difficulty without taking responsibility would be equally disastrous. Ivan's "Rebellion" makes legible the simultaneous impossibility and possibility of faith. Vasilii Rozanov, Emmanuel Levinas, and Jacques Derrida provide the framework in which to read the "Rebellion

Adversary · Art · Epistemology · Faith · Impossibility · Literature · Nothing · Political science · Reading (process · Temptation · Theology · History · Indian History and Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Violence, Religion, and Philosophy

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