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In a world of relativism and cowardice, freedom is the absolute of absolutes and the value of values.
Timothy Snyder has been called "the leading interpreter of our dark times." As a historian, he has given us stunning new interpretations of political collapse and mass murder. As a public intellectual, he used this knowledge for advice and predictions, working against authoritarianism.
"On Freedom" is a fascinating intellectual journey that Snyder offers readers, drawing on the works of philosophers and political dissidents, conversations with contemporary thinkers, and his own experience growing up in the era of American exceptionalism. For Snyder, true freedom is not so much freedom from as freedom to thrive, to take risks for the future we choose by working together.
Freedom is the value that enables all others.
Timothy Snyder is an American historian, writer, public intellectual. Professor at Yale University; a specialist in the history of Eastern Europe of the 20th century, in particular the history of Ukraine, Poland, and Russia. Researcher of nationalism, totalitarianism and the Holocaust.
Timothy Snyder's main books have been published in Ukrainian, including "Reflections on the Twentieth Century" (jointly with Tony Judt); "The road to unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America"; "About tyranny. Twenty lessons of the 20th century. Graphic adaptation"; "Our disease. Lessons of freedom from a hospital diary"; "Bloody lands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin"; "Black earth. The Holocaust as History and Warning"; "The Red Prince".