30
Oct
Fifth Annual Symposium on Pop Culture and International Law: Abolish War, Not Humanize It: Tolstoy’s Radical Pacifism vs the Geneva Settlement
[Davit Khachatryan is an international law expert and reader] “They talk to us of the rules of war, of chivalry, of flags of truce, of mercy to the unfortunate and so on. It’s all rubbish! … War is not courtesy but the most horrible thing in life; and we ought to understand that and not play at war.” Prince Andrei’s blunt rejection...