ДОСТОЕВСКИЙ В ПРОИЗВЕДЕНИЯХ ЛЬВА ШЕСТОВА (К ВОПРОСУ О СТРАННОСТЯХ И НЕИСПРАВНОСТЯХ ШЕСТОВСКОГО ПОДХОДА К ДОСТОЕВСКОМУ)
Dostoevsky in Leo Shestov's works (strangenesses and incorectnesses in Shestov’s approach to Dostoevsky)

Summary/Abstract: In the turn of the 19th and 20th century, F. M. Dostoevsky became one of the most discussed authors in Russian philosophy. Leo Shestov, one of key thinkers of the Russian religious philosophy, dedicated to Dostoevsky several writings, icluding two books. Shestov’s hermeneutical approach to Dostoevsky belongs to most eccentric. Is is very far from facts of writer’s life and traditional interpretation of his works. Shestov postulates non provable moments of Dostoevsky’s life crisis and the most serious factor he declares meetings with underground. These, from his point of view, became the most significant points of Dostoevsky’s creative way. On this base, Shestov build completely new construction of writer’s life story. But Dostoevsky is not the only one author that became interesting for Shestov. Described scheme is typically applicated to all authors analyzed in Shestov’s works. This approach, far from scientific concept, far from traditional understanding of hermeneutics, is an integral part of Shestov’s philosophical method.

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