A Point of View - Dostoevsky and Dangerous Ideas
Download Dostoevsky and Dangerous Ideas
John Gray points to lessons from the novels of Dostoevsky about the danger of ideas such as misguided idealism sweeping away tyrannies without regard for the risks of anarchy. "Dostoevsky suggests that the end result of abandoning morality for the sake of an idea of freedom will be a type of tyranny more extreme than any in the past."
Producer: Sheila Cook.
Published on Friday, 21st November 2014.
Available Podcasts from A Point of View
We are not the BBC, we only list available podcasts. To find out more about the programme including episodes available on BBC iPlayer, go to the A Point of View webpage.