
Tolstoy and his Disciples
The History of a Radical International Movement
Charlotte Alston(Author)
I.B. Tauris (Publisher)
Published on 16. December 2013
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-78076-118-3 (ISBN)
Description
In the last thirty years of his life, Leo Tolstoy developed a moral philosophy that embraced pacifism, vegetarianism, the renunciation of private property, and a refusal to comply with the state. The transformation in his outlook led to his excommunication by the Orthodox Church, and the breakdown of his family life. Internationally, he inspired a legion of followers who formed communities and publishing houses devoted to living and promoting the Tolstoyan life. These enterprises flourished across Europe and the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, and Tolstoyism influenced individuals as diverse as William Jennings Bryan and Mohandas Gandhi. In this book, Charlotte Alston provides the first in-depth historical account of this remarkable phenomenon, and provides an important re-assessment of Tolstoy's impact on the political life of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The book is unique in its treatment of Tolstoyism as an international phenomenon: it explores both the connections between these Tolstoyan groups, and their relationships with other related reform movements.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
12 bw integrated
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
518 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78076-118-3 (9781780761183)
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Person
Charlotte Alston is Senior Lecturer in History at Northumbria University and is the author of Russia's Greatest Enemy: Harold Williams and the Russian Revolutions (I.B.Tauris, 2007) and Piip, Meierovics, Voldemaras: The Baltic States. Makers of the Modern World, the Peace Conferences 1919-23 and their Aftermath (Haus, 2010). She has published journal articles and book chapters on Russia's relations (both cultural and diplomatic) with the West, the history of the Russian revolution and the civil war, the post-First World War peace settlements, and the international influence of Tolstoy's thought.
Content
Acknowledgements
Notes on Transliteration
Introduction
1.The Russian Context
2.Translations and Conversions
3. International Tolstoyism: Britain and Beyond
4. Tolstoyism in Practice: Communities, Societies and Publishing Enterprises
5. Contexts and Convictions
6. Tolstoyan Legacies
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Notes on Transliteration
Introduction
1.The Russian Context
2.Translations and Conversions
3. International Tolstoyism: Britain and Beyond
4. Tolstoyism in Practice: Communities, Societies and Publishing Enterprises
5. Contexts and Convictions
6. Tolstoyan Legacies
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index