Chapter 2 Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy

A Queer, Christian-Anarchist Writer

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Sethness Castro, Javier
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English
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Abstract
This chapter, the book’s introduction and summary, examines Tolstoy’s life and art using psychobiographical, historical, and sexological prisms. The centrality of erotic non-conformism is the artist’s emotional landscape and anarchist vision is emphasized. The numerous precedents in Russian history and society for LGBT life, from medieval legends to the sex-lives of despots and artists alike, are reviewed. An in-depth exploration of Tolstoy’s erotic and attachment history, taken together with the number of same-sex relationships portrayed in his art, uncovers an underappreciated erotic dissidence.
Book
Queer Tolstoy
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https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/97850
Keywords
ethics, gender, LGBTQ+, political history, queer studies, Russian history, sexology, theology; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology::JMA Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints::JMAF Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSF Gender studies, gender groups; thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and political philosophy; thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHQ History of other geographical groupings and regions; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology
DOI
10.4324/9781003328964-2
ISBN
9781032358505, 9781032342559
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
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http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/
Publication date and place
2023
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Routledge
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Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology
Gender studies, gender groups
Social and political philosophy
Literature: history and criticism
History of other geographical groupings and regions
Psychology
Pages
26
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Proposal
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Single-anonymised
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Internal editor; External peer reviewer
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Pre-publication
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No
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Publisher
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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Except where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as open access