The Ketman of Revolutionary Purity, the secret belief that Joseph Stalin betrayed the teachings of Vladimir Lenin by instituting mass terror, forced collectivism, GULAG concentration camps, …

Oct 9, 2017 · In The Captive Mind, Miłosz divided ketman into eight varieties: national, artistic, professional, skeptical, metaphysical, ethical, and the ketman of revolutionary purity.

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Apr 15, 2024 · Miłosz introduces the concept of ketman to describe individuals’ mental contortions to survive within a repressive system while secretly harboring dissent.

May 2, 2025 · Ketman draws upon the writings of Arthur de Gobineau, a 19th-century French diplomat assigned to present-day Iran. In his Religions and Philosophies of Central Asia, …

immediate circle of readers. Reactions to ketman varied widely according to milieu. In Polish émigré circles, it drew near universal scorn, and was dismissed as an intellectual’s fancy, and …

Dec 21, 2015 · Originally a Persian concept, ‘ ketman is a word for the dissimulations of heretics in Persian Islam, who take great pleasure in pretending to be what they are not in order to …

Jul 1, 2006 · If this is ketman —the apparent sharing of a belief with those who despise and oppress her—it is the price of her ticket. Without such protestations of faith she would almost …

People who are out of step with the prevailing authority practice ketman to avoid trouble. Ketman is a way to dissemble. At a minimum people practicing ketman must self-censor their speech. …

Ketman (Arabic "kitmān" "secrecy, concealment") is the act of paying lip service to authority while holding personal opposition.