Kafkaistan

Kafkaistan, waar gaat het boek over?Kafkaistan is an autocracy, a totalitarian state. Citizens have no privacy. Criticism is mercilessly punished. People disappear without a trace. Are we going there? Franz Kafka says: "watch out!"Democracy threatened by autocracy and fascismKafkaistan is an autocracy, a totalitarian state. Citizens have no privacy. Criticism is mercilessly punished. People disappear without a trace. Autocracy, as a form of state, gives the government control over all levels of society, such as media, science, politics, culture and finance. A state ideology prevails. The secret police have far-reaching powers. Czech-German author Franz Kafka (1883-1924) lived in such a fascist country. "Don't go there. It's a miserable country!" he tells us. Are we headed for Kafkaistan? There is a way out, but the path is narrow and winding.... We are very concerned about our toxic polarization. What is causing it? But above all, how do we get rid of it? What is a way out? What are the symptoms? Whereto does it lead? Over de auteur Frits Bosch Frits Bosch, economist and sociologist, University of Amsterdam, has worked in the financial sector for forty years in various positions at the employers union VNO, ABN Bank, Wereldhave and GIM Asset Management. His financial consultancy DutchInvestor (1992-2017) had a reputation as an investment advisor and risk manager for institutional parties, such as pension funds, provinces and housing associations. Bosch was a part-time lecturer in marketing at Radboud University Nijmegen. Since 2019, he has been a columnist for a the largest Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf en has written a large number of social-cultural and economic number of articles on various portals. Voorbeeldfragment Klik hier om een fragment van "Kafkaistan" te lezen. Meer informatie ISBN 9789464893304 Editie 1 Hoofdauteur Frits Bosch Taal Engels Bindwijze Paperback / softback Releasedatum 31 mei 2024 Aantal pagina's 286 Uitgever Boekscout NUR 740 - Mens en maatschappij algemeen Bijgewerkt op 01-04-2026, 08:01:34

Kafkaistan is an autocracy, a totalitarian state. Citizens have no privacy. Criticism is mercilessly punished. People disappear without a trace. Are we going there? Franz Kafka says: "watch out!" Kafkaistan is an autocracy, a totalitarian state. Citizens have no privacy. Criticism is mercilessly punished. People disappear without a trace. Autocracy, as a form of state, gives the government control over all levels of society, such as media, science, politics, culture and finance. A state ideology prevails. The secret police have far-reaching powers. Czech-German author Franz Kafka (1883-1924) lived in such a fascist country. "Don't go there. It's a miserable country!" he tells us. Are we headed for Kafkaistan? There is a way out, but the path is narrow and winding.... We are very concerned about our toxic polarization. What is causing it? But above all, how do we get rid of it? What is a way out? What are the symptoms? Whereto does it lead?