What I should think about to combine them into one paper?
April 15, 2009 7:04 AM   Subscribe

Assignment that include Nietzche and Dostoevsky, help please?

Hello Everyone;
I have some paper to write about from the Nineteenth-Century European Intellectual History. We have read "Notes from Underground" by Dostoyevski and "On the Genealology of Morals"
I need to examine Nietzche's concept of ressentiment. Does it help us to understand the underground man, or is his a very different condition? Is Nietzche a productive way to read Dostoevsky?
I need some enlightment to start with so I can combine and relate one to another, starting with Nietzche to Dostoyevski. What I should think about and how they are related? It is my 3rd paper and important! I need to do about 5 pages. Please anyone?!
Thank you!!
posted by xmradio03 to Writing & Language (4 answers total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: this seems way too much like a "do my homework" question and not enough like a "help me find sources so that I can do my own homework" question -- jessamyn

 
You should think about existentialism and human freedom. Ressentiment is related to that. Dostoevsky, too. You need to read these works yourself, then get some books/articles together that comment on them, so that you can write your own paper.
posted by smorange at 7:09 AM on April 15, 2009


Look in the index for the Genealogy. Look up where Nietzsche (not Nietzche) refers to ressentiment. Read those passages. Come to your own interpretation of what Nietzsche means by ressentiment. Read Notes. Think about whether the Underground Man exhibits Nietzsche's ressentiment. Write your thoughts down. Edit your thoughts into a paper. In the future do your own work rather than asking a website to do it for you.
posted by goethean at 7:21 AM on April 15, 2009


I see this is your first question here, so it's best you know that the hivemind does not take lightly to 'do my homework' requests. So before everyone starts yelling at you, and you get nothing helpful from us, go talk to your professor if you are struggling with ideas for your paper.
posted by greta simone at 7:23 AM on April 15, 2009 [3 favorites]


Step #1: learn how to spell Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Friedrich Nietzsche correctly.
posted by googly at 7:28 AM on April 15, 2009


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