tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980751096663660132.post1708934596789881245..comments2023-11-19T13:16:28.673-08:00Comments on The War and Peace Blog: Tolstoy, Gandhi, and the Age of DissonanceKelly Heroldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484703304084014289noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980751096663660132.post-51832556878484079882014-12-18T15:35:51.579-08:002014-12-18T15:35:51.579-08:00I had no idea that Tolstoy was so heavily influenc...I had no idea that Tolstoy was so heavily influenced by Hindu culture. I wonder what he was exposed to or what made him become so interested in it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18148859878895931995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980751096663660132.post-27606500063735560142014-12-16T09:12:36.020-08:002014-12-16T09:12:36.020-08:00Excellent job! Excellent job! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18148859878895931995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980751096663660132.post-70281765898064099662014-12-14T12:41:41.516-08:002014-12-14T12:41:41.516-08:00I'm glad you enjoyed the post!I'm glad you enjoyed the post! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12017132690048192836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980751096663660132.post-77060792335429488142014-12-13T11:50:26.423-08:002014-12-13T11:50:26.423-08:00Thank you for teaching me something new! I had no ...Thank you for teaching me something new! I had no idea Tolstoy and Gandhi had a connection. It just shows Tolstoy's wide reach and influence as well as his broad use of resources and influences.Aminata Buganzi Kinanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14112197986143557848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980751096663660132.post-10912066971110140232014-12-11T22:39:29.588-08:002014-12-11T22:39:29.588-08:00Tolstoy was very interested in Hinduism and had re...Tolstoy was very interested in Hinduism and had read a lot of Hindu religious texts. Dance and music is a huge part of Hindu religion and culture, and many god's and deities have either of these attributed to them (in different forms). What I was trying to put across was that perhaps Tolstoy's knowledge of Hindu culture and the role of dance in it, led him to perceive dance as representative of war. That would mean that war was represented by dance, and peace was represented by music, and just as music and dance must coexist, so must War and Peace. I was trying to juxtapose his pairing of war and peace with the pairing of music and dance that repeatedly shows up throughout the book. I hope I explained it well enough!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12017132690048192836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980751096663660132.post-15137422312988526752014-12-11T12:13:28.991-08:002014-12-11T12:13:28.991-08:00I understand what you're saying in a sense tha...I understand what you're saying in a sense that Tolstoy does uses dances as a place to show certain characters' emotions. But, I was lost with the connection to the Indian dances. Could you further explain that?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06223331138672975878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980751096663660132.post-61788056078902085622014-12-11T02:00:27.040-08:002014-12-11T02:00:27.040-08:00You're right! I think all authors subconscious...You're right! I think all authors subconsciously put parts of them into their works, and Tolstoy was no exception.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12017132690048192836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980751096663660132.post-2119934453845924322014-12-10T21:12:29.392-08:002014-12-10T21:12:29.392-08:00Wow. That's really interesting and I had no i...Wow. That's really interesting and I had no idea. I defiantly agree with the idea this book and really all his works are part of him. They tell about his life and interests. We see it in Pierre and Nicholas, they reflective his problems and questions and personality. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319851115624135345noreply@blogger.com