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C/S/387. Why did Tolstoy consider primitive Christianity a proper response to his despair?

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2500
DATE:
2011
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The paper looks into the psychological and social roots of Tolstoy’s despair arguing why he considered primitive Christianity to be a solution to his crisis. Tolstoy’s life experience is discussed commenting on his attitude towards Orthodox Church as an instrument of oppression, injustice and inequality.

 

KEYWORDS: Tolstoy, primitive Christianity, Orthodox Church, despair,

 
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