# Why should you read "Crime and Punishment"?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Alex Gendler
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Psychology and the brain, Philosophy, Literature and writing
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_gendler_why_should_you_read_crime_and_punishment)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What drives someone to kill in cold blood? What goes through the murderer's mind? And what kind of a society breeds such people? Over 150 years ago Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky took these questions up in what would become one of the best-known works of Russian literature: "Crime and Punishment." Alex Gendler digs into the classic novel's exploration of alienation, morality and redemption. \[Directed by WOW-HOW Studio, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Stephen LaRosa\].

## Lectures

1. [Why should you read "Crime and Punishment"?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/alex_gendler_why_should_you_read_crime_and_punishment/e42b6b4e813c), 5 min (TED's player)