The Captive Mind by Czeslaw Milosz (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Captive Mind by Czeslaw Milosz, Jane Zielonko Written in Paris in the early 1950s, this book created instant controversy in its analysis of modern society that had allowed itself to be hypnotized by socio-political doctrines, and to accept totalitarian terror on the strength of a hypothetical future. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Written in Paris in the early 1950s, this book created instant controversy in its analysis of modern society that had allowed itself to be hypnotized by socio-political doctrines, and to accept totalitarian terror on the strength of a hypothetical future. Notes Powerful denunciation of Stalinism, and tyranical regimes in general, first published in 1951. Author Biography Milosz Czeslaw (b. 1911), Polish-American author, translator, and critic who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1980. Czeslaw Milosz worked with the Polish Resistance movement in Warsaw during World War II and defected to France in 1951. His work brings to bear the political awareness of an exile -- most notably in A Treatise on Poetry, a forty-page exploration of the world wars that rocked the first half of the twentieth century. Table of Contents The pill of the Murti-Bing; looking to the West; Ketman; Alpha, the moralist; Beta, the disappointed lover; Gamma, the slave of history; Delta, the troubadour; man, his enemy; the lessons of the Baltics. Promotional Czeslaw Milosz has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature Details ISBN0141186763 Pages 272 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2001 Translator Jane Zielonko ISBN-10 0141186763 ISBN-13 9780141186764 Format Paperback Publication Date 2001-06-07 Imprint Penguin Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from Polish DEWEY 320.947 Birth 1911 Author Jane Zielonko Media Book Short Title CAPTIVE MIND Death 2004 Series Penguin Modern Classics Language English UK Release Date 2001-06-07 Audience General NZ Release Date 2002-02-10 AU Release Date 2002-02-10 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:1081929;

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