Grzegorz W. Kolodko’s The World In A Snare: The Fourth Part Of The Trilogy And War And Peace – Reading In Difficult Times Cover Image

Grzegorza W. Kołodko Świat W Matni. Czwarta Część Trylogii Oraz Wojna I Pokój – Lektura W Czasie Trudnym
Grzegorz W. Kolodko’s The World In A Snare: The Fourth Part Of The Trilogy And War And Peace – Reading In Difficult Times

Author(s): Marek Ratajczak
Subject(s): Book-Review
Published by: Instytut Nauk Ekonomicznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: war; economy; return of history;

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses Grzegorz W. Kolodko’s two most recent books, viz. Świat w matni. Czwarta część trylogii [The World in a Snare: The Fourth Part of the Trilogy] and Wojna i Pokój [War and Peace]. The latter publication is something of a counterpart to the for- mer. It contains the author’s clarification of his vision of the world as being in a “snare”, especially in the context of the war in Ukraine. Unfortunately, the current armed conflict means the loss of any possibility of a “new Belle époque” materializing in Europe, let alone almost covering its entire geographical dimension. The signs that such a period was in the offing began with the collapse of the Yalta order. And this in spite of all the tensions and crises that had taken place and whose sources often lay outside Europe.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 102-116
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish