An interesting article exploring whether Tolstoy was anti-Semitic. We know that Dostoevsky was openly anti-Semitic, believing as he did in the superiority of the Russian soul over that of other peoples. But Tolstoy, the arch universalist? Could he, too, have had anti-Semitic tendencies? My answer is no, but this article raises some doubts... forward/articles/208545/was-leo-tolstoy-really-an-anti-semite/?p=all
Posted on: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 02:07:29 +0000