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a pre-Marxian, non-"scientific" form of socialism commonly designated as "utopian".

In the spring of 1849, Dostoevsky was arrested, tried, and sentenced to Siberian prison and exile for his association with the subversive Petrashevsky circle.

is he constructing a casuistical theory to excuse his own failures?

[...] the speaker has involved the reader from the beginning, addressing him directly, anticipating his reactions, preempting his judgments, denying him the comfortable role of spectator.