Love vs. Ideology: The Hypocrisy of Pyotr in Dostoevsky's Novel

Maxim Gorky. He said, "We do not have time to pay attention to individual complaints. Our job is to overthrow the old regime and build a new society." What do we see here? We see here a lack of concern for the individual while being concerned about the masses. So the individual can fall through the cracks and that's okay. This is what Pyotr is doing here. He is concerned about these big revolutionary movements and ideas in Europe while he abandons the young man Dimitri who he took under his guardianship.

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Brother Karamazov: Exploring Romanticism In Adelaida's Choice - Ideology vs Relational Rootedness

Adelaida choice to marry Fyodor is inauthentic because it is ideological and not relational. Ideological love sees the other as an idea. Adelaida married Fyodor because he represented the idea of rebellion against her parents. On the other hand, relational choices are about love for the person for who they are and not what sentiment they represent.

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