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Solzhenitsyn’s Thesis On Evil

by Madeleine Rose Jones | Nov 26, 2021 | History, literature, The World

It is impossible to exterminate evil, but it is possible to restrain and challenge it. As political movements rely on cartoonish and simplistic concepts of evil, as evident in the clickbait headlines during Trump’s presidency, it is imperative to develop a mature and...

What Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Taught Me About History And Literature

by Madeleine Rose Jones | Dec 11, 2020 | History, literature, Philosophy

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wrote The Gulag Archipelago. It’s a big book, but the Nobel-Prize winner soaks his words with wisdom and knowledge born from melancholy. When I think of Solzhenitsyn, I get sad. Not because I think he has a sad legacy, or that his life...