Composed of extended essays culled from selections excerpted from his columns, articles, lectures, papers, and addresses which anaylze issues and problems of Philippine society. Despite the multiplicity of subjects discussed, continuity is provided by the writer's consistently nationalist, anti-imperialist approach.
Some of the essays in this title includes: "History and Partisan Scholarship," "Pitfalls in the Study of Social Movements," "Who is Filipino," "Education: Process and Consequences," "Westernization and Identity," "Entertainment as Tranquilizer," "The Alienated Filipino," "Evangelists of Dependence," and "Vietnam and the Philippines."