The captive mind

Description:

A work of nonfiction by Polish writer, poet, academic and Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz. It was written after the author's defection from Stalinist Poland in 1951. The book catalogs the experiences of Milosz and his colleagues, in pre-war Poland, under the Nazi Occupation, and in the Soviet-dominated People's Republic of Poland. Milosz ponders on the mental gymnastics required for intellectuals to turn against their countrymen and the truth, by turns sympathetical and critical.

subjects: Authors, Polish,  Communism,  Criticism and interpretation,  Intellectual life,  Interviews,  Polish Authors,  Comunismo,  Politics and government,  Sociology,  Communism, poland,  Poland, intellectual life

People: Czesław Miłosz

Places: Poland,  Polonia,  Eastern Europe,  Europe

Times: 1945-1989,  20th century,  1945-