Why we lie / Dorothy Rowe.

By:

Rowe, Dorothy

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Fourth Estate, 2010.Description: xx, 364 p. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780007278855 (hbk.)
0007278853 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

Truthfulness and falsehood

DDC classification:

177.3 22

LOC classification:

BJ1421 .R69 2010

Summary: "Because we are frightened of being humiliated, being treated like an object, being rejected, losing control of things, and, most of all, we are frightened of uncertainty. Often we get our lies in before any of these things can happen. We lie to maintain our vanity. We lie when we call our fantasies the truth. Lying is much easier than searching for the truth and accepting it. We lie to others, and even worse, we lie to ourselves"-- Book jacket.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Non-Fiction	Waimate Located at Event Centre	Non Fiction	177.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	Not For Loan		A00554815

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Because we are frightened of being humiliated, being treated like an object, being rejected, losing control of things, and, most of all, we are frightened of uncertainty. Often we get our lies in before any of these things can happen. We lie to maintain our vanity. We lie when we call our fantasies the truth. Lying is much easier than searching for the truth and accepting it. We lie to others, and even worse, we lie to ourselves"-- Book jacket.

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