Л.Н. ТОЛСТОЙ И А.М. ДОБРОЛЮБОВ КАК КРИТИКИ ЦИВИЛИЗАЦИИ И ИСКУССТВА
L.N. TOLSTOY AND A.M. DOBROLYUBOV – CRITICS OF CIVILIZATION AND ART

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with L.N. Tolstoy and A.M. Dobrolyubov’s criticism of modern civilization and art. L.N. Tolstoy was renowned, especially in the late period of his life, by his hostility towards the culture of his time. The paper shows the key points of L.N. Tolstoy’s criticism. L.N. Tolstoy sharply attacks the whole complex of social and cultural notions and institutions, which were influential in that period. He strictly rejects the fruits which progress brings to humanity if these fruits are not able to affect the most important, from his point of view, part of human life – the religious part. He contrasts the religious worldview with art and science. According to L.N. Tolstoy, the purpose of human life is in connection with others. From this position he criticizes art, science, state institutions and power. Some of these ideas correspond to the views of A.M. Dobrolyubov, which are set down in “The Invisible Book”. Attention is also paid to the reasons that forced L.N. Tolstoy to acclaim A.M. Dobrolyubov’s spiritual authority and to call him “a man living a Christian life”.

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