RUSS S19 - Radical Tolstoy

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Bates College

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During his long lifetime Leo Tolstoy launched fundamental critiques of many of his culture's most precious assumptions and institutions: he denounced established religion; attacked imperialism and war; renounced sex, hunting, and the privileges of his class. He also searched for positive rules of life, grounded in agrarian simplicity, nonviolence, and an undying commitment to speaking truth. In this course, students engage with Tolstoy's writings on topics ranging from education to nonviolence, Christianity, class, and sexuality. Tolstoy is read in company with other thinkers, from Gandhi and Martin Luther King to Wendell Berry and Andrea Dworkin, whose writings resonate with the fundamental Tolstoyan question: How then must we live Conducted in English. Enrollment limited to 20. J. Costlow.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bates.edu/

Phone Number:

(207) 786-6000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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