INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 1.014 Amsterdam, October 18th, 2022 HOW WILL THE DELUSIONS AND MISREPRESENTATIONS OF THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR END? - An Appraisal of Timothy Snyder's "How does the Russo-Ukrainian War end?" - JOSEPH DILLARD An integralist flagged this essay as a worthy rejoinder to my last piece on Putin's epic speech. It does appear that more than one integralist shares, to one degree or another, the worldview expressed by its author, Timothy Snyder, an American historian specializing in the modern history of Central and Eastern Europe, and who has published a number of influential books. Snyder seems to be doing an excellent job of reflecting the prevailing Western, integral, liberal, progressive (WILP) groupthink on Russia and the Ukrainian war. When you read Snyder, the most central fact you are likely to garner is that he hates Russia, although I doubt if he would state his aversion so simply and directly. Hatred is, in most cases, probably not a very integral emotion, and therefore its validation needs to be carefully considered by integralists, or those who aspire to anything 2nd Tier or spiritual. Therefore, it seems worth the time to look at the reasons a renowned Western public intellectual gives to legitimize hatred of Russia. Read more: https://www.integralworld.net/dillard80.html