GUSTAVO ZAGREBELSKY 17 April 2010 | LavorInCorso - The Dilemmas of Life
"Does the well-being of the individual depend on the well-being of society or vice versa? What answer do constitutions give?"
The dilemmas proposed are the opposition between the masses and the elite, the herd and freedom, the routine of doing and the freedom and responsibility of acting.
A literary text is used to address them: "The Great Inquisitor" from Book V, called "Pros and Cons", of F. Dostoevsky's novel "The Brothers Karamàzov". This text contains a treatise on political theology and anthropology as well as being a page of great literature. The theme is the freedom and government of human beings, the relationship with power. What is it that drives human beings to obedience? This is the 'riddle of riddles' of politicians. Whoever has the answer could rule the world.
