Dostoevsky's tendency for the "uncertainty principle": deism and the changing visions of the future of humanity in The Adolescent and Diary of a Writer.

This paper documents Dostoevsky's exposure to, and encounter with, deism in Russian and European public discourses and encompasses the discovery of new sources to his novel The Adolescent (Podrostok). On the basis of hitherto unexplored primary source material, a pattern of indeterminacy is uncovere...

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Published in:	Studies in East European Thought Vol. 77; no. 5; pp. 791 - 835
Main Author:	Zohrab, Irene
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Oct2025
Subjects:	Indeterminism (Philosophy) Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 Psychological fiction Adolescence Diary (Literary form) Philosophical theology Faith Social evolution Europe Russia
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