The Slavery of Our Times

Author: Leo Tolstoy

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This little book shows, in a short, clear, and systematic manner, how the principle of Non-Resistance, about which Tolstoy has written so much, is related to economic and political life. (Summary by Aylmer Maude, Translator)

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Translator IntroductionAylmer Maude's Translation of Tolstoy's PrefaceChapter One: Goods-Porters who Work Thirty-Seven HoursChapter Two: Society's Indifference While Men PerishChapter Three: Justification of the Existing Position by ScienceChapter Four: The Assertion of Economic Science that Rural Labourers Must Enter the Factory SystemChapter Five: Why Learned Economists Assert What is FalseChapter Six: Bankruptcy of the Socialist IdealChapter Seven: Culture or Freedom?Chapter Eight: Slavery Exists Among UsChapter Nine: What is Slavery?Chapter Ten: Laws Concerning Taxes, Land and PropertyChapter Eleven: Laws the Cause of SlaveryChapter Twelve: The Essence of Legislation is Organised ViolenceChapter Thirteen: What are Governments? Is it Possible to Exist Without Governments?Chapter Fourteen: How Can Governments be Abolished?Chapter Fifteen: What Should Each Man Do?An Afterword

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