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Dostoyevsky and the Shadow: A Jungian Reading
Reading the shadow through Raskolnikov, Myshkin, and Smerdyakov
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Dostoyevsky’s novels have haunted me since I first read them in a Russian literature class. Years later, discovering Jung only deepened my sense that these weren’t just literary works—they were also psychological maps. Raskolnikov, Myshkin, the Underground Man, Smerdyakov—each one embodies a different face of the shadow, that hidden dimension of the psyche Jung said we must confront if we are ever to become whole.
In this video essay, I explore how Dostoyevsky gave voice to the disowned parts of the self.
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