Review: Lód

Lód by Jacek Dukaj
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Odkryłem dla siebie ciekawego polskiego autora. "Lód" to powieść, w której alternatywna historia i geopolityka spotykają się z głęboką refleksją na temat metafizyki i ludzkiej psychologii. Wszystko to napisane rozrzutnym i fascynującym językiem. Książka zaprasza czytelnika do labiryntu, w którym można spotkać dziwaczne stworzenia.

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Review: Behemoth: The Structure & Practice of National Socialism, 1933-1944

Behemoth: The Structure & Practice of National Socialism, 1933-1944 by Franz Leopold Neumann
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Behemoth is one of these books on History that gives you a fresh perspective on the modern events. Neumann made a scrupulous vivisection of the Nazi regime, analyzing it not only as a political scientist but also as a legal scholar. Thousands and thousands of III Reich normative acts, from the edicts of Führer himself to the circulars of local councils (not mentioning the vast and deep analysis of the practice of Nazi judicial system), were weighted in the ruthless academic manner.

The light that was shed on the various techniques of the mass manipulation used by Nazis could definitely be used nowadays to find a path from the abyss of populism in the modern politics.

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