"... in St. Petersburg, the most abstract and intentional

>>9711705
Forgot: What did he mean by this?

>>9711705

I think the underground man references St. Petersburg as "intentional" because of it was built with the intention of accessing the Baltic Sea, as well as moving the Russian capital towards the West, which was Peter the Greats goal with buildng the city.

>>9711705
literally a city artificially created by the state

>>9711705
St. Petersburg is a spooky place desu

>>9711762
>>9712051
And what did he mean by "abstract"?

>>9712108
Same thing, more or less

>>9712108
because it exists as an ideal of Russian cultural development

>>9711712
Read Belyis "Peterburg" to find out desu

>>9711712
>>9712108
St. Petersburg didn't happen naturally or organically. It exists because Peter the Great decided, he had the IDEA, that it should exist.

It's like the opposite of London which is an unintentional city.

>>9712131
Following from this, I suppose Peter the Great would be one of those people that Underground Man admired and who Raskolnikov (who is pretty much the Underground Man) in C&P wants to be like

It just underlines how pathetic he is in comparison desu