Chapter 2 of Milosz’s Captive Mind is titled Looking to the West and examines how Central and Eastern Europeans see the West. Milosz states that those in east see the West with both despair and a mix of hope, and that this mostly a product on the WWII. The war not only destroyed their economiesContinue reading “The Captive Mind”
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The Captive Mind
In the first chapter of The Captive Mind, Milosz frames his discussion of intellectual submissiveness towards the Soviet regime by discussing the Murti-Bing pill. Milosz derives this pill from a pre-WWII novel by Stanislaw Witkiewicz, a Polish writer. The Murti-Bing pill, when taken, eases the consumer worries and makes them complacent about the larger problemsContinue reading “The Captive Mind”
The Captive Mind
Czeslaw Milosz’s The Captive Mind has been on my reading list for about a year now. I want to read this book because every historian of Europe or the Cold War that I respect has mentioned this book at some point. Milosz is a fascinating character as he is more known for this book aboutContinue reading “The Captive Mind”
Douglas I. Bell 