Social and ethical aspects of suicide in the novel by L.N. Tolstoy «Anna Karenina» (Part 1)
https://doi.org/10.31363/2313-7053-2018-3-97-105
Abstract
L.N. Tolstoy’s views of understanding of essence of a matter of life and death, because of the religious and philosophical discrepancies concerning suicide discussed in the Russian society of the middle of the 19th century. The atmosphere and a political situation in the country promoted formation of a «positive» image of the suicide and promotion of act of terrorism as kinds of a suicide. Tragic events in parental family of the writer were an incitement to reflections about life values which have formed the basis of the novel «Anna Karenina».
About the Author
K. V. Bezchasniy
Medical Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia across Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Bezchasniy K.V. Social and ethical aspects of suicide in the novel by L.N. Tolstoy «Anna Karenina» (Part 1). V.M. BEKHTEREV REVIEW OF PSYCHIATRY AND MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2018;(3):97-105. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31363/2313-7053-2018-3-97-105
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