PHL 366 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Hyde Park, London, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Great Exhibition
26 Nov 2017
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The underground man"s argument against chernyshevsky"s utopian ideal: Chernyshevsky believes that the progress of human civilization will be brought about through the consistent application of rational and scientific principles. The underground man is more pessimistic about the possibility and meaning of progress. Built to house the great exhibition of 1851 in hyde park, london. Remarkable because of its immensity, the astonishing speed with which it was built, its use of technology and engineering. The structure was built of glass and steel, letting in natural light (a self-enclosed, fully engineered world) The crystal palace became a symbol in 19th century literature and art, including in works by chernyshevsky and dostoevsky. For others, it was greeted with fear and anxiety: it represented the darker side of the triumph of technology and capitalism -- the suppression of whatever cannot be brought within the logic of profit and calculation. Chernyshevsky"s use of the crystal palace as symbol:
