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Arthur Koestler
Hungarian born (1905-1983) British novelist, journalist and critic whose attacks on the Soviet totalitarianism during the early period of the Cold War separated him from such internationally famous intellectuals as Sartre and Brecht.
Koestler was sentenced to death in Spain by the fascists during the Spanish Civil War, but eventually died of suicide at his home in London together with his third wife.
Arthur Koestler has been described as a genius whose writing reflect his rootlessness and mental problems, but also achieves heights that are rarely found in literature.
The Ghost in the Machine
Author/Artist: Arthur Koestler
ISBN: 0091271304
Publisher: Hutchinson
First published: 1967
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Koestler examines the notion that the parts of the human brain-structure which account for reason and emotion are not fully coordinated. This kind of deficiency may explain the paranoia, violence, and insanity that are central parts of human history, according to Koestler's challenging analysis of the human predicament.
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A mind working overtime
What an enigma Arthur Koestler was! His books range from Zionism to telepathic powers, as well as novels about the Stalinist trials. The Ghost in the machine was my introduction to his writings and it is an astonishing approach to evolution -explained simply leading to frightening and telling conclusions about man and his capacity for war. It is the work of a mind that cannot keep still and keep taking one step further on. Read it and I hope that it opens this exciting and daunting author to you as well. I was never the same after reading it and it has coloured all my thinking ever since. Read it and understand the Taliban, World War One and the Ku Klux Klan. It is nothing less than an evolutionary argument for our collective insanity.
Kevin Brianton,
added 2003-02-04
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