War--Patroitism--Peace
New York: Vanguard Press, 1926. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. Format is approximately 4.5 inches by 7.25 inches. vii, [1], 125, [3] pages. Decorative endpapers. Some page discoloration. Foreword by the Editor, which is titled Tolstoi as an Anti-War Agitator. As the Editor observed: "Tolstoi spent his mature years in a Europe that was arming and prepared for the War of 1914. He foresaw the war; predicted it; and spent much time and energy trying to create anti-war public opinion. Includes "Neglect the Fire", "Christianity and Patriotism", "Two Wars", "Letter to a Corporal", "The Soldiers' Memento", "The Officer's Memento", "Patriotism or Peace", "Patriotism and Government", "Shame", "Carthago Delenda Est", "Letter to Ernest Howard Crosby" & "Note". Scott Nearing (August 6, 1883 – August 24, 1983) was an American radical economist, educator, writer, political activist, and pacifist. Nearing's chosen lifestyle of "Tolstoian," ascetic, rural self-sufficiency may be reasonably interpreted as the attempt of a self-aware dissident individual to avoid inevitably negative participation in the internal life of the group (be it a government or a political party), while retaining a keen and almost obsessive interest in the dynamics of society and the world as a whole. In this book Tolstoy presents a powerful line of argument against war. The essays and letters printed in this volume furnish an invaluable fund of information and provide a real insight into the causes that are driving the world toward another ghastly orgy of blood-letting. Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (9 September 1828 – 20 November 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. He received nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906 and for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902, and 1909; the fact that he never won is a major controversy. Born to an aristocratic Russian family in 1828, Tolstoy's notable works include the novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1878), often cited as pinnacles of realist fiction. He first achieved literary acclaim in his twenties with his semi-autobiographical trilogy, Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth (1852–1856), and Sevastopol Sketches (1855), based upon his experiences in the Crimean War. His fiction includes dozens of short stories and several novellas such as The Death of Ivan Ilyich (1886), Family Happiness (1859), "After the Ball" (1911), and Hadji Murad (1912). He also wrote plays and numerous philosophical essays. In the 1870s, Tolstoy experienced a profound moral crisis, followed by what he regarded as an equally profound spiritual awakening, as outlined in his non-fiction work A Confession (1882). His literal interpretation of the ethical teachings of Jesus, centering on the Sermon on the Mount, caused him to become a fervent Christian anarchist and pacifist. His ideas on nonviolent resistance, expressed in such works as The Kingdom of God Is Within You (1894), had a profound impact on such pivotal 20th-century figures as Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Condition: Good / No dust jacket present.
Keywords: Peace, Pacifism, Christianity, Patriotism, Corporal, Soldier, Officer, Government, Shame, Carthage, Ernest Howard Crosby, Nonviolence, Anti-war, Antiwar
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