Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St
312.744.6630
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The Brothers Karamazov
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Friday Dec 7, 2007 (12:15–1:15pm)
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Fyodor Dostoevsky's classic novel The Brothers Karamazov is a heady brew of depravity, justice, and redemption. A moving indictment of the problem of evil, the novel's lasting influence is owed, in part, to its examination of universal conundrums — the struggle between faith and doubt, the existence of a loving god, and the question of moral accountability. Tonight's lecture, led by Clare Pearson, chair of the University of Chicago's liberal-arts program, takes up the novel's response to nihilism, its exploration of the depths and heights of the human psyche, and its portrayal of a world where goodness can be affirmed amidst so much suffering.
