The God That Failed
A Philosophy, Writing, History book. The addiction to the Soviet myth is as tenacious and...
The God That Failed is a classic work and crucial document of the Cold War that brings together essays by six of the most important writers of the twentieth century on their conversion to and subsequent disillusionment with communism. In describing their own experiences, the authors illustrate the fate of leftism around the world. Andre Gide (France), Richard Wright (the United States), Ignazio Silone (Italy), Stephen Spender (England), Arthur Koestler (Germany), and Louis Fischer, an American foreign correspondent, all tell how their search for the betterment of humanity led them to communism, and the personal agony and revulsion which then caused them to reject it. David Engerman's new foreword to this central work of our time recounts the tumultuous events of the era, providing essential background. It also describes the book's origins and impact, the influence of communism in American intellectual life, and how the events described in The God That Failed continue to affect public discourse today.
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- Pages: 272 pages
- ISBN: 9780231123952 / 231123957
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But no one who has not wrestled with Communism as a philosophy, and Communists as political opponents, can really understand the values of Western democracy. The Devil once lived in Heaven, and those who have not met him are unlikely to recognize an angel when they see one. Richard Crossman, The God That Failed // Persuasion may play a part in a man's conversion; but only the part of bringing to its full and conscious climax a process which has been maturing in regions where no persuasion can penetrate. A faith is not acquired; it grows like a tree. Arthur Koestler, The God That Failed // The addiction to the Soviet myth is as tenacious and difficult to cure as any other addiction. Arthur Koestler, The God That Failed //
The best part of this book was the fact that these six authors were all originally attracted to communism.The Initiates, the first section of the book, is written by three authors that were closely involved with the communist parties in pre-Nazi Germany, the USSR, and Italy. The next section of this was the Distant Admirers, those involved... The falsity of the Utopian ideology stands exposed in this work. The reason a communist agenda will fail and is bound to be rejected by people over time is the reason why Communist regimes have fallen by the side. The ideology purported by Marx is in a Utopian world is a fact and can never work in the diverse world where people cherish... Give it 4.5 stars. Very valuable both for historical perspective and for relationship to current conditions.All six writers have something to say that's illuminating and fresh, even though the book is nearly 70 years old. They all were attracted to Communism for different reasons, but repelled by it for similar reasons -- largely because...
