“No matter how many times I am told: you cannot understand the meaning of life, do not think about it but live, I cannot do so because I have already done it for too long.” That’s from Tolstoy’s ‘A Confession’; which I just started reading today. Pretty good so far! #Tolstoy

Making my way through #ForYourOwnGood by Alice Miller and #TheGospelInBrief by Leo Tolstoy.

Miller is harshly illuminating violent fathers, their belief in god-as-father, and their desire for total obedience. Tolstoy is critical of violence, yet his modified gospel still includes a parable where Jesus encourages believers to act like "good slaves" towards the heavenly father. Ick.

#Books #Reading #Tolstoy #Hoopla

Second Epilogue, Chapter VI
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First Epilogue, Chapter II
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https://chrt.fm/track/7E7E1F/pdst.fm/e/dts.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/waaa.wnyc.org/tnypoliticalscene/tnypoliticalscene062123_gilbert.mp3?awCollectionId=382203&awEpisodeId=1337467

In January, the New Yorker staff writer Elif Batuman published an essay about #Ukraine’s grievances against #Tolstoy and his literary peers. In it, Batuman explores how great #Russian novels have been used to justify military aggression in the #Slavic world, and contends with the moral weight of loving these books. She joins Tyler Foggatt to talk about Gilbert’s dilemma and to consider how #imperialism should change our experience of art. #podcast #NewYorker #literature

@dermannmitdermaske

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Es besteht ein grundsätzlicher Unterschied ob ich für eine Regierung tōte, oder in einer überschaubaren persönlichen Situation der Selbstverteidigung.

Ein Staat ist ewas ganz anderes, als eine durch Verwandschaft oder Freundschaft zusammengehaltene Gruppe. #Tolstoy hat auf besondere Unnatürlichkeit des Tötens für den Staat hingewiesen. In diesem hochgradig arbeitsteiligen High-Tech-Massentöten ist der einzelne nur ein Zahnrad in der Todeswalze Krieg.

"The evil we use violence against to protect ourselves from is far less evil than the evil we do to ourselves by using violence"
#Tolstoy #pacifism

Book Eleven, Chapter IV
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Book Ten, Chapter XII
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Book Ten, Chapter VII
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Javier Sethness Castro writes on People & Nature today: “Tolstoy’s egalitarian, anarcho-Populist critique of the role of “great men” in history has important strategic implications not only for Ukraine’s self-defense against Russia, but also for many other kinds of collective action and radical organising” https://peopleandnature.wordpress.com/2023/02/13/queer-tolstoy-and-anti-authoritarian-struggle-today/ #lgbtq #tolstoy #anarchism #russia #UkraineWar

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Man inser att man gått för mycket på en artists konserter när hon frågar varför man inte är där. #Tolstoy

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“Be afraid to destroy the unity of people by stirring bad feelings amongst them against another with your words’.” Leo Tolstoy, January 5th entry, A Calendar of Wisdom #Tolstoy #quotes #ACalendarOfWisdom

Looking for a recommendation for the best modern translation of Tolstoy’s War And Peace. #Tolstoy #BookMastadon #Books #Bookstadon #Translation