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OverviewAccording to current thinking, anyone who fails to succeed must have something wrong with them. The pressure to achieve and be happy is taking a heavy toll, resulting in a warped view of the self, disorientation, and despair. People are lonelier than ever before. Today’s pay-for-performance mentality is turning institutions such as schools, universities, and hospitals into businesses — even individuals are being made to think of themselves as one-person enterprises. Love is increasingly hard to find, and we struggle to lead meaningful lives. In What about Me?, Paul Verhaeghe’s main concern is how social change has led to this psychic crisis and altered the way we think about ourselves. He investigates the effects of 30 years of neoliberalism, free-market forces, privatisation, and the relationship between our engineered society and individual identity. It turns out that who we are is, as always, determined by the context in which we live. From his clinical experience as a psychotherapist, Verhaeghe shows the profound impact that social change is having on mental health, even affecting the nature of the disorders from which we suffer. But his book ends on a note of cautious optimism. Can we once again become masters of our fate? Full Product DetailsAuthor: Paul Verhaeghe , Jane Hedley-ProlePublisher: Scribe Publications Imprint: Scribe Publications Edition: UK edition Dimensions: Width: 13.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.274kg ISBN: 9781922247377ISBN 10: 1922247375 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 14 August 2014 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviews`This book begins quietly and slowly builds in power and eloquence as it illuminates the impact of the past 30 years of neo-liberal ideology on our sense of identity.' PICK OF THE WEEK -- Cameron Woodhead * The Age * `[An] intriguing study of modern identity.' * Canberra Times * `Paul Verhaeghe brilliantly captures the long-term impact that living in a profit-obsessed society has had on our psychology. An excellent book.' -- Hanif Kureishi `A remarkable book ... What About Me? The Struggle for Identity in a Market-Based Society is one of those books that, by making connections between apparently distinct phenomena, permits sudden new insights into what is happening to us and why.' -- George Monbiot * The Guardian * 'A remarkable book ... What About Me? The Struggle for Identity in a Market-Based Society is one of those books that, by making connections between apparently distinct phenomena, permits sudden new insights into what is happening to us and why.' -- George Monbiot The Guardian 'Paul Verhaeghe brilliantly captures the long-term impact that living in a profit-obsessed society has had on our psychology. An excellent book.' -- Hanif Kureishi '[An] intriguing study of modern identity' Canberra Times 'This book begins quietly and slowly builds in power and eloquence as it illuminates the impact of the past 30 years of neo-liberal ideology on our sense of identity.' PICK OF THE WEEK -- Cameron Woodhead The Age Author InformationPaul Verhaeghe is Professor of Psychoanalysis at the University of Ghent in Belgium and is also in private practice. He is the author of Love in a Time of Loneliness and Does the Woman Exist?. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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