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The Captive Mind (Polish: Zniewolony umysł) is a 1953 work of nonfiction by Polish writer, poet, academic and Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz. It was first published in English in a translation by Jane Zielonko in 1953.
The Captive Mind begins with a discussion of the novel Insatiability by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz and its plot device of Murti-Bing pills, which are used as a metaphor for dialectical materialism, but also for the deadening of the intellect caused by consumerism in Western society.
Dec 21, 2021 · The captive mind. by. Miłosz, Czesław. Publication date. 1990. Topics. Communism -- Poland, Poland -- Intellectual life -- 1945-1989. Publisher. New York : Vintage International. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled; inlibrary. Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English. Item Size. 949764661.
A book by Czeslaw Milosz, a Nobel Prize winner, who explores how intellectuals collaborated with communism in Eastern Europe. Read expert reviews, recommendations and related books on memoirs of communism and dissent.
The Captive Mind. Czeslaw Milosz. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1981 - History - 251 pages. The best known prose work by the winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize for Literature examines the moral...
Aug 11, 1990 · A classic book from the last century worth exploring to understand how social restructuring affects very well-intentioned people. Milosz’s, The Captive Mind, is a Pulitzer Prize wining character study of how the process of capitulation works on four young minds in post war Poland.
A 1955 book by the Polish poet and Nobel laureate, exploring the psychological and political aspects of totalitarianism. The book is available for free download and streaming from the Internet Archive, a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, music and more.
