A review by binstonbirchill
The Captive Mind by Czesław Miłosz

3.0

This one didn’t really click for me and that’s likely due to a variety of reasons. First, I was tired when reading most of it. Second, because I was tired I wasn’t able to readily transport my mind to the 1950’s when this was written. And while I have a good knowledge of wwii, and russia as a whole, knowledge of Marx and communist theory largely eludes me. Given some sleep, background and concentration I feel I could get a lot more out of it than I did this time around. So if you are in need of a casual read, look elsewhere. If you want to sit down and have a think then pull up a chair.