ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1928, this book is a result of a visit to Russia by the author who stayed in a remote village and mixed with the local population. A crusader for social justice, Dorothy Buxton in theory saw Bolshevism as a fairer system and went to Russia to see the effects of the Revolution. With an intellectual honesty rarely seen by critics of Soviet Russia, the author examines fundamental questions of sociology and religion with some unexpected conclusions.

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A new Social Ideal

chapter |4 pages

New Goals but old Methods

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The Real Criteria

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‘Tyranny’ old and new

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The Relative Welfare of the People

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Our Worship of Wealth

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Our God of Fashion

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The Abolition of class Distinctions

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The Dignity of Labour and of Service

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A new Standard of values

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How we crush the power of sympathy

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The moral of our own past

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Worthy children of our fathers

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Evolution or revolution?

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‘Life’ The ultimate value

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The ‘State of Siege’ In Russia

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The Moral of the Great War

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Which Form of Society the Least Cruel?

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Which Form of Society Favours Peace?

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The real Promoters of Communism

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The Ethics of ‘Confiscation’

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The Parallel of the War Indemnity

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The Problem of ‘Rights of Property’

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Wealth and Christian Precepts

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Wealth and Political Influence

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The Analogy of the French Revolution

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Idealists in Spite of Themselves

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Citizens of the World

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What Communism has Demonstrated

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A Refuge for Christian Ideas

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A Fresh start in ‘Civilization’

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A new Chapter in Religion

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The twofold challenge of Bolshevism

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Socialism and Pacifism

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The problem for a Quaker

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The Superseding of Individualism