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" What about me? : "
Paul Verhaeghe ; translated by Jane Hedley-Prôle
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BL
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Record Number
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593884
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b423103
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Uniform Title
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Identiteit.English
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Main Entry
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Verhaeghe, Paul
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Title & Author
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What about me? : : the struggle for identity in a market-based society /\ Paul Verhaeghe ; translated by Jane Hedley-Prôle
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Page. NO
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265 pages ;; 21 cm
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ISBN
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9781922070906
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: 1922070904
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: 1922247375
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9781922072948
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-265)
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Contents
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Identity -- Ethics : from self-realisation to self-denial -- The perfectible individual -- The essence of identity -- Intermezzo : society and disorders -- Enron society -- Identity : powerless perfectibility -- The new disorders : rank and yank -- The good life
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Abstract
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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
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Subject
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Identity (Psychology)
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Social change
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Individual differences-- Social aspects
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Success-- Psychological aspects
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Failure (Psychology)
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Dewey Classification
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155.22
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LC Classification
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BF697.V474 2014
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Added Entry
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Hedley-Prôle, Jane
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