Dostojevski reads Hegeli n Siberia and burs tinto tears

László F. Földényi is a widely lauded Hungarian essayist, cultural critic, and professor at the University of Theatre, Film, and Television in Budapest. Dostoyevsky Reads Hegel in Siberia and Bursts into Tears gathers Földényi’s essays written between the years 1990 and 2015. According to its back cover, the collection “considers the fall-out from the end of religion and how the traditions of the Enlightenment have failed to replace neither the metaphysical completeness nor the comforting purpose of the previously held mythologies.” Whereas not all essays tackle this thesis head on, all contain at least undercurrents and passages underscoring it.