Political Apocalypse: A Study of Dostoevsky's Grand Inquisitor Book

	Preface to the Second Edition	xi
	Preface to the First Edition	xiii
	Introduction	xvii
Part 1	Major Formative Factors: A Sketch
Chapter I.	Roots of Russian Revolutionism	5
1.	Intellectual Currents: Hegelianism a la Russe	6
2.	Western Revolutionism and Ideology	18
3.	Spiritual Currents: Orthodoxy, Sectarianism and Russian Myth	23
Chapter II.	Faith and the Nature of Man	39
1.	Man and the Divine	39
2.	The Experiential Ground of Faith	43
3.	Suffering and Faith	54
4.	Mythopoesis and Mystical Theology	62
Part 2	The Legend of the Grand Inquisitor
Chapter III.	The Legend as Political Apocalypse	75
1.	Dostoevsky's Intentions: Survey of Materials	76
2.	Perspective and Method of Analysis	81
3.	Structure and Sources	84
4.	Political Apocalypse	96
Chapter IV.	Leitmotifs	101
1.	Christ: The Principle of Active Love	101
2.	Confessions of Faith	105
3.	The Grand Inquisitor: The Principle of Negation and Rebellion	110
Chapter V.	The Temptation: Trial and Apocalypse	127
1.	Dostoevsky and Solovyov	128
2.	Apocalypse and History	130
3.	Biblical Context	144
4.	The First Temptation	149
5.	The Second Temptation	154
6.	The Third Temptation	156
7.	Culture and Crisis	165
Chapter VI.	Metaphysics of Rebellion	171
1.	The Devil and Ivan: Active Negation and New Men	173
2.	Rebellion as Spiritual Disease	178
3.	Ethical Theory	181
4.	Metaphysical Rebellion	183
Chapter VII.	Philosophical Anthropology	191
1.	Personal Freedom and Human Nature	191
2.	Time and Eternity	199
3.	The Last Judgment	211
Part 3	Conclusion
Chapter VIII.	The Range of Politics	219
1.	The Transcendent and the Immanent	219
2.	Esoteric and Exoteric Politics	229
3.	The Tension of Existence: Institutions and Order	231
Chapter IX.	Conclusion: Dostoevsky's Political Theory	239
	Epilogue	255
	Notes	285
	Index	341