Feminism, Community, Freedom

Almost exactly a century ago, Dostoevsky’s Grand Inquisitor presented what is probably the most trenchant argument ever made against democratic socialism. By democratic socialism I mean the demand that men should come together to create a new kind of community, one that will generate mutuality and solidarity, as communities always have, but also one that will be created through a free covenant, and will operate through a network of free institutions. Dostoevsky’s Inquisitor is con...