Many view political ideas based on religious principles with suspicion, and they are quickly linked to dogma and fanaticism, but what if these ideas essentially call for the brotherhood of man and the rejection of violence? How can a religious thought that rejects violence be translated into an organized political movement?
A review of Tolstoy's political thought represents a review of the most important common and accepted ideas. As usual, Tolstoy immerses us in a selection of his articles and letters to new depths to discuss the concepts of patriotism and disobedience. The selections also extend us to his point of view regarding modern science and material technology, which are ideas that may be valid. Now to reconsider an era in which machines represent a real threat to the future of the human race.
It is a selection of articles and letters that reveals to us Tolstoy's moral approach and his relationship to political and scientific thought in a smooth and enjoyable way.

تولستوي (9 سبتمبر 1828- 20 نوفمبر 1910) من عمالقة الروائيين الروس ومصلح اجتماعي وداعية سلام ومفكر أخلاقي وعضو مؤثر في أسرة تولستوي. يعد من أعمدة الأدب الروسي في القرن التاسع عشر والبعض يعده من أعظم الروائيين على الإطلاق.