Tyranny and the Practice of Resilience: Lessons from Timothy Snyder

This text provides an in-depth analysis of Timothy Snyder's thought in the context of contemporary threats to democracy. The author reconstructs the conditions for the possibility of violence-resistant action, defining tyranny not only as a political system but, above all, as a specific configuration of social practices. A key element of the argument is the concept of epistemic infrastructure—the foundation of truth, without which a reliable description of the world and effective defense of institutions are impossible. The article discusses in detail the role of professional ethics among journalists, judges, and doctors in maintaining normative order. It also highlights the importance of "body politics" and micro-actions in building social trust. The reader will find practical guidance on how to avoid preemptive obedience and how, through everyday choices and physical presence in public space, to actively protect freedom from the engineering of consent and the semantic degradation of language.