With Twenty Lessons, Snyder draws from the darkest hours of the twentieth century to provide hope for the twenty-first. |a In previous books, Holocaust historian Timothy Snyder dissected the events and values that enabled the rise of Hitler and Stalin and the execution of their catastrophic policies. |a Do not obey in advance - Defend institutions - Beware the one-party state - Take responsibility for the face of the world - Remember professional ethics - Be wary of paramilitaries - Be reflective if you must be armed - Stand out - Be kind to our language - Believe in truth - Investigate - Make eye contact and small talk - Practice corporeal politics - Establish a private life - Contribute to good causes - Learn from peers in other countries - Listen for dangerous words - Be calm when the unthinkable arrives - Be a patriot - Be as courageous as you can. |a On tyranny : |b twenty lessons from the twentieth century / |c Timothy Snyder. |a DLC |b eng |e rda |c DLC |d YDX |d HBP |d NBO |d OCLCF |d IMT |d MYG |d ZLM |d CZA |d JAI |d NDS |d XFF |d T7R |d WEA |d MUU |d PAU |d CLU |d IGA |d NYP |d TUL |d KSU |d CLZ Be as courageous as you can.|b Random House Inc, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, Westminster, MD, USA, 21157 |n SAN 201-3975 Take responsibility for the face of the world. The individual chapters (small lessons) included in the book are: 1. We need to understand things DO happen and we CAN impact the future. Finally, and this makes sense, one is historical: understand that history is not inevitable or mythical. Another is taking a risk: stand up, or at a minimum, do not surrender to the crowds or lazy thinking. Another is language and truth: seek it, pay for it, respect it.
One is community: defend and participate in it. While there are 20 ideas/lessons/chapter, the book really has a couple of themes. I enjoyed all the chapters, and like in a nice restaurant with small portions, my major complaint was I was still hungry when I finished.
It is also meant to highlight early signs of tyranny in government and media.
It isn't meant to be comprehensive, but more of a hornbook for resisting movements away from democracy and towards fascism. In easily digestible chapters (twenty, obviously) Snyder seeks to use lessons from the rise of Fascism (and Totalitarianism) to assist readers in this current moment globally. Snyder, the Levin professor of history at Yale, delivers a short and powerful primer on resisting fascism/tyranny in the 21st Century, using the rise of fascism in 20th Century as a guide. History does not repeat, but it does instruct.ĭr.
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