Hundreds of European and American authors were removed from library shelves

Following the Second World War, hundreds of European and American authors were removed from library shelves on the basis of their allegedly extremist, racist and unscientific character. The point one needs to make in this chapter is not whether these authors, politicians, and academics were “pro-American” or “anti-American,” democrats or non-democrats, credible individuals, quacks, monsters, or angels, but rather to stress the fact that they deserve a fair hearing and should stop being subject to intellectual and academic ostracism. Otherwise, any critique of the American system, of modern liberalism, or for that matter any critical study of a social phenomenon related to postmodernity, will continue to be subject to preconceived notions that yield self-serving conclusions. This is all the more necessary, as after the end of the Cold War and the breakdown of communism in Eastern Europe, paradigms that were used during the preceding fifty year period of the Cold War in the social sciences are no longer valid.

Tomislav Sunic
Homo Americanus: Child of the Postmodern Age