01210nam a2200181Ia 450000500170000000800410001702000180005808200160007610000220009224500210011426000340013530000140016950006880018365000200087194200120089199900190090395201060092220250630125007.0250630s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a9780141186764  a914.38bZIE  aMiłosz, Czesław 4aThe Captive Mind  bPenguin Modern Classicsc2001  a251 pages  aWritten in Paris in 1951, while he was in exile from his native Poland, Milosz's denunciation of Stalinism outraged many European intellectuals at a time when they were becoming drawn to the politics of Communist Russia. However, it is now acknowledged as a classic work against totalitarianism, standing alongside those of Orwell and Solzhenitsyn. The Captive Mind analyses the power of tyrannical regimes to enslave men and women, not just through terror, but through ideas, achieving 'mastery over the human spirit'. Championing intellectual freedom, Milosz's brilliantly perceptive polemic played a significant liberating role in Poland, and is still relevant and chilling today.  aEurope, Eastern  cENGLISH  c574369d574369  00104070aACLbACLc7Bd2025-06-30l0o914.38 ZIEp483099r2025-06-30 12:50:07w2025-06-30yENGLISH