Question

A critic’s theory of the “surplus of humanness” was inspired by this author’s description of a portion of behavior that the social sciences cannot explain as “the man in man.” This is the first author in the title of a Walter Kaufmann anthology that studies the question, (-5[1])“what is transcendence?” The Myth of Sisyphus’ third chapter argues that this author was an absurd creator. This author was imprisoned for his membership in a Fourierist discussion group (15[3])and later (15[1])critiqued another author’s (15[1])description of the utopian (*) Crystal Palace. (10[1]-5[1])Simone (-5[1])de Beauvoir’s Ethics of Ambiguity aimed to disprove this author’s statement, (-5[1])“if God is dead, everything is permitted.” (10[2])A nihilist (10[1])character created by this author argues that the church follows the Devil’s principles in Christ’s name. For 10 points, name this proto-existentialist author (10[1])who included the “Parable of the Grand Inquisitor” in The Brothers (10[1])Karamazov. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Fyodor Dostoevsky [accept Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics; accept Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre] (The unnamed critic in the first clue is Mikhail Bakhtin.)
<FW, Philosophy (19th/20th Century)>
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TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror05/31/25Y4100%25%25%105.00
2025 RMP Fest Carleton Mirror07/13/25Y3100%33%33%108.33
2025 RMP Fest CO Mirror08/10/25Y6100%50%33%99.50