Антропологија и дубинска психологија Ф. М. Достојевског
ANTHROPOLOGY AND IN-DEPTH-PSYCHOLOGY OF F. M. DOSTOEVSKY

Summary/Abstract: Dostoevsky is a passionate researcher of human nature in boundary situations such as mental crises, mental disorders, mystical experiences. His life-intoxicated heroes through repentance, illness, pain and suffering come to the deepest psychological insights. According to Dostoevsky, man is a divided, ”crucified”, unhappy and tragic creature. He is a rational, but even more irrational creature, ruled by dark, (self-)destructive, unreflected forces. The most important and most painful question that Dostoevsky actually pose in his works is the ”cursed question” of human freedom, which is a blessing, but also a curse. Filled with anxiety and weak, a man often longs for security and therefore hurries to get rid of that ”terrible burden” and to find someone to whom he will obey, to whom he will hand over this ”unfortunate gift” of freedom. Fromm’s Escape from Freedom, which discusses the human nature-related basis of Nazism and the mechanisms of escape from freedom, is inspired by Dostoevsky’s ideas.

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