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Prisons We Choose to Live Inside by Doris Lessing

Prisons We Choose to Live Inside

Doris Lessing

HarperCollins · Paperback · October 14, 1987

"One of the most important writers of the past hundred years." — The Times (London) In this perceptive collection of essays, Doris Lessing addresses directly the prime questions before us all: how to think for ourselves, how to understand what we know, how to pick a path in a world deluged with opinions and information, and how to look at our society and ourselves with fresh eyes.

Essay CollectionsPhilosophy WritingSocial Science Essays
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Who it’s for
Essays on independent thought, knowledge, and seeing society and ourselves with fresh eyes.
Themes
Independent thinking, Information overload, Society and self-examination
Genres
Essay Collections, Philosophy Writing, Social Science Essays

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"One of the most important writers of the past hundred years." — The Times (London) In this perceptive collection of essays, Doris Lessing addresses directly the prime questions before us all: how to think for ourselves, how to understand what we know, how to pick a path in a world deluged with opinions and information, and how to look at our society and ourselves with fresh eyes.

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Essays on independent thought, knowledge, and seeing society and ourselves with fresh eyes.

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  • Questions about thinking for yourself amid a deluge of opinions
  • A fresh-eyed look at society and the self

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  • Perceptive essays on questions shared by us all
  • Reflection on how we understand what we know

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Essay Collections55%
Philosophy Writing54%
Social Science Essays38%

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  • Essay Collections
  • Women Authors Collections
  • Philosophy Writing
Authors
Doris Lessing
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
October 14, 1987
Format
Paperback
Theme
Independent thinking · Information overload · Society and self-examination
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Essay Collections