Self by Eilis Ward PAPERBACK 9781782054870

Self\nby Eilis Ward\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 2\u20133 working days (dispatched today if ordered before 3pm).\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Eilis Ward\nTitle: Self\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Popular psychology\nPublisher: Cork University Press\nPublication year: 2021\nISBN-13: 9781782054870\nISBN-10: 1782054871\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThis book argues that we have got it wrong in the West with our belief in a 'self' that is autonomous and separate from others, exemplified by the entrepreneurial self: always on, always positive and always self-improving. This is the neoliberal self, a particular creature of late capitalism. However, as argued here, this view is harmful to us. It is the source of much of our suffering. Proposing as an antidote a Zen .