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What about Me?

the struggle for identity in a market-based society

By (author) Paul Verhaeghe
Translated by Jane Hedley-Prole
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Scribe Publications, Australia
Published: 14th Aug 2014
Dimensions: w 135mm h 210mm d 20mm
Weight: 274g
ISBN-10: 1922247375
ISBN-13: 9781922247377
Barcode No: 9781922247377
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According 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?

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'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 *