The book has five primary characters representing different ideologies.

Dostoyevsky's novels focus on the idea that utopias and positivist ideas, in being utilitarian, were unrealistic and unobtainable. This form of intellectual conservativism tied to the Slavophile movement of Dostoyevsky's day, called Pochvennichestvo, is seen to have continued on into its modern manifestation in individuals like Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

Dostoyevsky casts a critical eye on both the radical idealists, portraying their ideas and ideological foundation as demonic, and the conservative establishment's ineptitude in dealing with those ideas and their social consequences. Demons (sometimes also called The Possessed or The Devils) is a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, first published in the journal The Russian Messenger in 1871-72. tags: demons, fyodor-dostoyevsky, the-possessed 14 likes Like The only gain of civilisation for mankind is the greater capacity for variety of sensations - and absolutely nothing more. Dostoyevsky is considered one of Europe’s major novelists. As the revolutionary democrats begin to rise in Russia, different ideologies begin to collide. Fyodor Dostoyevsky 18211881 Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky was a Russian writer, essayist and philosopher, perhaps most recognized today for his novels Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov. An extremely political book, Demons is a testimonial of life in Imperial Russia in the late 19th century. Although titled The Possessed in the initial English translation, Dostoyevsky scholars and later translations favour the titles The Devils or Demons.

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