| God and Man According to Tolstoy 2009 Edition Contributor(s): Boot, A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0230615864 ISBN-13: 9780230615861 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: This polemical work treats Tolstoy as one of the midwives of modern counterculture and reassesses his enduring influence. Boot argues that Tolstoy's philosophy was based on a metaphysical blunder and tries to correct preconceived notions of Tolstoy's work. Through a unique examination of Tolstoy's religious beliefs, Boot arrives at the conclusion that Tolstoy was not a Christian, as widely thought, but a self-deifying atheist and nihilist. These traits are traced back to Tolstoy's personality which, according to the psychiatric report used in the book, may have been influenced by mental instability. From these new angles on Tolstoy, the book is able to shed light into the historical and intellectual landscape of Russia. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | European - General - Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union - Literary Criticism | European - General |
| Dewey: 891.733 |
| LCCN: 2008040402 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (0.85 lbs) 254 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Southern Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With a critical look at Tolstoy's persona, faith, and thought, this book treats the writer as a midwife of modern counterculture. It shows and tries to correct the metaphysical blunder on which Tolstoy's philosophy was based. |