Hegel nell’opera di Dostoevskij

Coscienza scettica, coscienza infelice e nichilismo

Abstract

The topic of Hegel’s influence on Dostoevskij's work is debated and its conclusion uncertain. This text Does not aim to solve it and to come to a definitive solution. Its purpose is to present, briefly, the various positions on the subject. It can be affirmed that, if there was influence, it is a background influence, essentially indirect and mediated. But the opportunity of a parallel relationship between the two authors seems to emerge. Both start from a common core: reason, its powers, its limits, its extreme consequences. But, from this conceptual node, their paths diverge both in style and area of relevance (which is evident: Hegel is a philosopher, Dostoevskij a novelist), in development and conclusions. The purpose of this paper is to pursue a parallel confrontation following the themes of the relationship between idealism and nihilism and the autonomy and hypostatization of reason and the ego.