The Psychology of a Criminal: Dostoevsky’s Masterpiece

Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment first published during 1866, remains the most widely known Russian novel as well as one of the greatest achievements in world literature. The book is disguised as a murder mystery, in which the reader knows from the start who has committed the crime. This in-depth exploration of the psychology of a criminal is at the heart of the novel, delving deeply into psychological punishment. The main themes include alienation, suffering, morality, faith (or the God-man, Jesus Christ) and the “extraordinary man” (or the man-God), as well as the philosophical themes of nihilism and utilitarianism. The protagonist Raskolnikov, is an alienated materialistic rationalist, as well as an atheist and nihilist, taken by the idea that God is dead, believing himself to be an extraordinary man allowed to transgress accepted moral standards for the common good, with a clean conscience. 👑 Become a Patron Access exclusive material and deeper studies https://www.patreon.com/eternalised ⭐ Or become a YouTube Member https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqos1tl0RntucGGtPXNxkkA/join — Support the work 👕 Official Merch: https://app.amazecommerce.com/shop/eternalised ☕ Buy a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/eternalised 💸 PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/eternalisedofficial — For deeper study 📚 Personal library: https://eternalisedofficial.com/library 💡 eBooks: https://ko-fi.com/eternalised/shop 🎨 Artwork archive: https://eternalisedofficial.com/patron-benefits Stay connected 📨 Newsletter: https://eternalisedofficial.com/subscribe ✍️ Substack: https://substack.com/@eternalised — Elsewhere 🐦 X: https://x.com/eternalised1 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eternalised_official 🎧 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/eternalised 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eternalised ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📘 The Book ▶ Crime and Punishment (1866) https://amzn.to/3h2BIks 📚 Recommended Reading (High Quality and Best Translations) ▶ Notes from the Underground (1864) https://amzn.to/2DBRXas ▶ The Idiot (1869) https://amzn.to/3bxKFRK ▶ Demons (1872) https://amzn.to/2FexadH ▶ The Brothers Karamazov (1880) https://amzn.to/324Kiem 📚 Other Recommended Reading (High Quality and Best Translations) ▶ The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky: White Nights (1848), An Honest Thief (1848), Notes from the Underground (1864) https://amzn.to/3cNl9dw ▶ A Gentle Creature (1876) and Other Stories: White Nights (1848), The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (1877) https://amzn.to/2R6sHzE ▶ The Gambler (1866) and Other Stories: Bobok (1873), The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (1877), A Christmas Tree and a Wedding (1848), A Nasty Story (1862), A Gentle Creature (1876) https://amzn.to/3wCWeBk ▶ Poor Folk (1846) and Other Stories: The Landlady (1847), Mr. Prokharchin (1846) https://amzn.to/39INaRs 🎧 Prefer Audiobooks? Get a 30-day Audible Plus FREE trial: ▶ https://amzn.to/332zPzN ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⌛ Timestamps 0:00 Introduction 0:55 Main Characters 2:19 The Story & Analysis 8:40 Epilogue ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📝 Sources - Crime and Punishment: A New Translation (2019) - Michael R. Katz - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/crime/ - Crime and Punishment movie (1970) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RbMsU2WElM 🎶 Music used 1. Magnetic - CO.AG Music 2. They Got Away – CO.AG Music 3. The Stranger – CO.AG Music Subscribe to CO.AG Music https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you. Thanks for watching, I appreciate it! #crimeandpunishment #dostoevsky #raskolnikov