false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172174868m/145660.jpg 145660 11 The best known prose work by the winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize for Literature examines the moral and intellectual conflicts faced by men and women living under totalitarianism of the left or right. Written in Paris in the early 1950s, this book created instant controversy in its analysis of modern society that had allowed itself to be hypnotized by socio-political doctrines, and to accept totalitarian terror on the strength of a hypothetical future. 899117 book 1953 The Captive Mind total:213|5:3|4:4|3:2|2:2|1:0| 213 880 395 28 5 2 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 05 15:44:44 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 05 16:07:56 -0800 2007
These Eastern and Central European authors have insights into the tragedy of Western civilisation t...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 10:04:41 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 09:33:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 true false Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 19:47:09 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 16:50:56 -0700 2009 1 initial impressions (6/15)
This might be like that Social Construction of Reality book I tried to read last month, where I'm just too stupid to get it, but so far I'm enjoying whatever misunderstanding I'm taking away from this book. At first I thought it was a novel and he was making up this f...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Feb 22 10:41:54 -0800 2009 Tue Jun 09 10:59:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Dec 07 08:26:23 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 08:30:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 true false Fri Feb 15 14:35:03 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 07:38:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed May 23 13:15:11 -0700 2007 Fri May 23 07:14:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 08 12:01:34 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 12:17:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 14:00:02 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 18:34:16 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jul 15 12:00:56 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 12:02:12 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Mon Nov 26 13:03:55 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 26 13:09:25 -0800 2007 The Land of Ulro. At least that's my recollection. Continued my interest in the inherent conflict between dogma and the creative individual, as presaged in the intro to the book:

"When someone is honestly 55% right, that’s very good and there’s no use...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Jun 10 11:24:29 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 11:24:29 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 16:43:11 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 13:53:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 25 10:29:31 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 10:34:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 23 17:06:32 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 23 17:14:42 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Thu Sep 25 07:22:30 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 07:29:02 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Sep 11 18:45:01 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 18:45:01 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 17 22:18:47 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 17 22:20:48 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri May 11 18:16:17 -0700 2007 Fri May 11 18:16:17 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Mon Oct 06 21:24:28 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 21:25:32 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=145660