Engineers of Human Souls - Four Writers Who Changed Twentieth-Century Minds

Ings gives his readers a concise round-up of the intellectual ground in which the twentieth-century dictatorships took root. He has a talent for succinct statements so well turned that they immediately ring true ... His openings are arrestingly quirky. He cleverly leaves out the boring bits to offer the reader a staccato sequence of telling vignettes. His tone - by turns breezy and bitterly sardonic - is engaging ... Rather than plod through the welter of historical facts, he skips lightly from resonant incident to ringing quotation. His put-downs are trenchant, his asides witty, his exposition of political theory is clear and concise ... his book is enlightening and surprisingly entertaining>

Product details

• Authors: Simon Ings, Simon Ings
• Publisher: Little Brown
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2025
• EAN: 9780349128597
• ISBN: 978-0-349-12859-7
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 196 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; History: specific events & topics, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, 20th Century, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History: earliest times to present day, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Biography: historical, political and military