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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.

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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.

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    A Paperback / softback by Czeslaw Milosz, Jane Zielonko

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 07/06/2001
      ISBN13: 9780141186764, 978-0141186764
      ISBN10: 0141186763
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      Non Fiction Politics, Philosophy & Society Autocracy, totalitarianism and dictatorship Far-left political ideologies and movements Political science and theory

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      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.

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