The Dice Man The Dice Man The Dice Man is a novel published in 1971 by George Cockcroft under the pen name Luke Rhinehart and tells the story of a psychiatrist who begins making life decisions based on the casting of dice. Cockcroft wrote the book based on his own experiences of using dice to make decisions while studying psychology. The novel is noted for its subversion, anti-psychiatry sentiments and for reflecting moods of the early 1970s. Due to its subversive nature and chapters concerned with controversial issues such as rape, murder and sexual experimentation, it was banned in several countries. Upon its
What Is Man? (King essay) What Is Man? (King essay) "What is man?" is a 1959 essay from the book, "The Measure of a Man", written by Martin Luther King Jr. In "The Measure of a Man", King raises issues of totalitarian government and democracy. He also states, 'Although there is widespread agreement in asking the question, there is fantastic disagreement in answering it'. There are some people, he continues, that believe 'man is little more than an animal' and there are those 'who would lift man almost to the position of a God'. There are then those who would 'combine the truths of both'