''Prisons We Choose to Live Inside'' is a collection of five essays by the British writer Doris Lessing, which were previously delivered as the 1985

Massey Lectures The Massey Lectures is an annual five-part series of lectures given in Canada by distinguished writers, thinkers and scholars who explore important ideas and issues of contemporary interest. Created in 1961 in honour of Vincent Massey, the former ...

The Essays

The five collected essays are generally meant to be read in order though they can be read independently. The essays appear in the collection in the order that they were delivered as lectures. The titles of the essays are: * When In the Future They Look Back On Us * You Are Damned, We Are Saved * Switching Off to See "Dallas" * Group Minds * Laboratories of Social Change

External links

* CBC Radio ''Ideas'' Audio Archive :

References

{{Doris Lessing 1986 books Massey Lectures books Works by Doris Lessing