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.
| ISBN: | 9780141186764 |
| Publication date: | 7th June 2001 |
| Author: | Czeslaw Milosz |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 251 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Genres: |
Political science and theory Social and cultural history Far-left political ideologies and movements Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship European history |