Magic, superstition and the cultivation of fear — new obscurantism is taking hold at the highest levels of world politics, writes American journalist and author Anne Applebaum. In her new piece for The Atlantic, Applebaum discusses why emotions trump reason in today’s world and what history can teach us here. Translated with minor abridgements.
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Read the Russian language version at Sapere Aude online