{"product_id":"the-possessed-the-devils","title":"The Possessed (the Devils)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Possessed (In Russian: ????, tr. Besy), also translated as The Devils or Demons, is an 1872 novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The Possessed is an extremely political book, and is a testimonial of life in Imperial Russia in the late 19th century. As the revolutionary democrats begin to rise in Russia, different ideologies begin to collide. Dostoevsky casts a critical eye on both the leftwing idealists, exposing their ideas and ideological foundation as demonic, and the conservative establishment s ineptitude in dealing with those ideas and their social consequences. This form of intellectual conservativism tied to the Slavophil movement of Dostoevsky s day, is seen to have continued on into its modern manifestation in individuals like Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Dostoevsky s novels focusing on the idea that utopias and positivist ideas, in being utilitarian, were unrealistic and unobtainable. The book has five primary ideological characters: Verkhovensky, Shatov, Stavrogin, Stepan Trofimovich, and Kirilov. Through their philosophies, Dostoevsky describes the political chaos seen in 19thCentury Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ezreads Publications, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47334727876853,"sku":"DADAX1615340629","price":51.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/61hABr44PEL.jpg?v=1763971961","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/the-possessed-the-devils","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}