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The Captive Mind

47 Ratings

3.9

Duration
9H 0min
Language
English
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Non-Fiction

The best-known prose work by the winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize for Literature examines the moral and intellectual conflicts faced by men and women living under totalitarianism of the left or right.

Written in the early 1950s, when Eastern Europe was in the grip of Stalinism and many Western intellectuals placed their hopes in the new order of the East, this classic work reveals in fascinating detail the often beguiling allure of totalitarian rule to people of all political beliefs and its frightening effects on the minds of those who embrace it.

© 2017 Blackstone Publishing (Audiobook): 9781538493007

Translators: Jane Zielonko

Release date

Audiobook: 28 November 2017

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