Great lecture and Timothy Snyder's book, The Road to Unfreedom, was well worth the wait. He describes in this talk what his intentions were in writing the book, which has a practical goal of political enlightenment: “To help us regain a sense of historical time; to help us see ourselves in history; in order to gain a sense of agency;” as to being able to meet what is occurring without false optimism or pessimism." His multi-lingual genius and his being able to both speak and read in several languages, including Russian, gives him a unique advantage to understanding what is going on in thought and action of other countries.
Timothy Snyder I read your books and listen to your lectures a lot. Over and over in fact. There seems to me a little cross over into the conspiracy theory realm. Though i lean very much toward your take on the psyche of whats going on When you say "people were cheering in Ukraine when Manafort was busted how do I (we) check this out?
Great lecture and Timothy Snyder's book, The Road to Unfreedom, was well worth the wait. He describes in this talk what his intentions were in writing the book, which has a practical goal of political enlightenment: “To help us regain a sense of historical time; to help us see ourselves in history; in order to gain a sense of agency;” as to being able to meet what is occurring without false optimism or pessimism." His multi-lingual genius and his being able to both speak and read in several languages, including Russian, gives him a unique advantage to understanding what is going on in thought and action of other countries.
Thank you. This was lecture so informative and well done.
Outstanding! Thanks again!
Timothy Snyder I read your books and listen to your lectures a lot. Over and over in fact. There seems to me a little cross over into the conspiracy theory realm. Though i lean very much toward your take on the psyche of whats going on When you say "people were cheering in Ukraine when Manafort was busted how do I (we) check this out?
I will buy the book