Gessen
Americannoun
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Writing about Lifton’s passing, New York Times columnist M. Gessen noted his observation that totalism “propels participants toward acting in the name of their ideology.”
From Salon • Sep. 16, 2025
The brilliant M. Gessen, perhaps the leading authority on dictatorship, published an essay in the New York Review, “Autocracy: Rules for Survival,” shortly after the 2016 election.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2025
Masha Gessen is joining The Times as an opinion columnist.
From New York Times • May 23, 2024
Gessen is a Jewish descendant of Holocaust survivors and victims.
From Slate • May 8, 2024
Perhaps Gersen or Gessen are only corruptions of the name of Gerson.
From Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
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