" This work's third chapter is about seven different variations of the practice of disguising one's heterodoxy by feigning orthodoxy, which is known as ketman.
According to this work, the major defect of human material is that "it does not like to be considered merely as human material." One chapter of this work calls man the enemy of historical necessity, because he persists in embracing hope and faith. Its final chapter shows how the fate of the Baltic nations teaches us the failings of what the author calls the "new faith." This work's third chapter is about seven different variations of the practice of disguising one's heterodoxy by feigning orthodoxy, which is known as ketman. It opens with a discussion of Murti-Bing pills, a plot device in the novel Insatiability by Stanisław Witkiewicz. This work's central chapters portray figures who gave in to the Communist state, described as the Moralist, the Disappointed Lover, the Slave of History, and the Troubadour, or Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta. For 10 points, name this nonfiction work by Czesław Miłosz.
According to this work, the major defect of human material is that "it does not like to be considered merely as human material."
The Captive Mind [or Zniewolony umysł]