Riches of the East

Iain MacGregor

EASTERN EUROPE, THE TERM itself, is a dead stereotype. To give a catch-all name to the multi-layered melting pot of the dozens of ethnic groups from Poland to North Macedonia and all countries in between is a lazy Western construct that bears no resemblance to history. It certainly doesn’t do the land or the people justice. Amid the highly-charged political debate in the United Kingdom about immigration from Eastern Europe, Jacob Mikanowski’s debut is a much-welcomed historical analysis of the region. “For centuries, Eastern Europe has been a place of seekers. Less economically developed than the West, but open to a wealth of religious and messianic traditions … Eastern Europe is, above all, a land of small states with complicated fates.” Indeed. It is a captivating land — of vast…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2023

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