The Resource Selfie : how we became so self-obsessed and what it's doing to us, Will Storr
Selfie : how we became so self-obsessed and what it's doing to us, Will Storr
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- We live in an age of perfectionism. Every day, were bombarded with the beautiful, successful, slim, socially-conscious and extroverted individual that our culture has decided is the perfect self. We see this person constantly in shop windows, in newspapers, on the television, at the movies and all over our social media. We berate ourselves when we don't match up to them -- when were too fat, too old, too poor or too sad. This cycle can be extremely bad for us. In recent years, psychologists have even begun to think that many people take their own lives because of the impossible standards that are set for who they ought to be. Will Storr began to wonder about this perfect self that torments so many of us. Who, actually, is this person? Why does it hold such power over us? Could it be humanity's deadliest idea? And, if so, is there any way we can break its spell? To find out, Storr takes us on a journey from the shores of Ancient Greece, through the Christian Middle Ages, the encounter groups of 1960s California and self-esteem evangelists of the late twentieth century to modern-day America, where research suggests today's young people are in the grip of an epidemic of narcissism
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- Selfie : how we became so self-obsessed and what it's doing to us
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- Selfie
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- how we became so self-obsessed and what it's doing to us
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- Will Storr
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- Summary
- We live in an age of perfectionism. Every day, were bombarded with the beautiful, successful, slim, socially-conscious and extroverted individual that our culture has decided is the perfect self. We see this person constantly in shop windows, in newspapers, on the television, at the movies and all over our social media. We berate ourselves when we don't match up to them -- when were too fat, too old, too poor or too sad. This cycle can be extremely bad for us. In recent years, psychologists have even begun to think that many people take their own lives because of the impossible standards that are set for who they ought to be. Will Storr began to wonder about this perfect self that torments so many of us. Who, actually, is this person? Why does it hold such power over us? Could it be humanity's deadliest idea? And, if so, is there any way we can break its spell? To find out, Storr takes us on a journey from the shores of Ancient Greece, through the Christian Middle Ages, the encounter groups of 1960s California and self-esteem evangelists of the late twentieth century to modern-day America, where research suggests today's young people are in the grip of an epidemic of narcissism
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- Identity (Psychology)
- Self-perception
- Self-realization
- Identity (Psychology) and mass media
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- Selfie : how we became so self-obsessed and what it's doing to us, Will Storr
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- Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-387) and index
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- Selfie : how we became so self-obsessed and what it's doing to us, Will Storr
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- Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-387) and index
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- 397 pages
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