Shaping the Self

di Moez Ben Kadhi (Autore)

Moez Ben Kadhi, 2025

In the early decades of the 21st century, the global discourse on mental health and personal development has reached a fever pitch. Western psychology, driven by a post-Enlightenment focus on individualism, has achieved remarkable successes in taxonomy and pharmacotherapy. Yet, a paradox remains: despite the proliferation of "self-help" technologies and therapeutic modalities, the modern self feels increasingly fragmented. Rates of anxiety, depression, and social isolation are climbing in developed nations. The prevailing Western model, which often treats the self as an autonomous, rational agent to be "fixed" or "optimized", appears to be hitting a ceiling of efficacy. We are taught to assert our boundaries, analyze our childhood traumas, and pursue happiness as an individual right. However, this atomized view often leaves individuals disconnected from the very networks of meaning and relationship that sustain mental health.

• Autore: Moez Ben Kadhi
• Anno edizione: 2025
• Editore: Moez Ben Kadhi
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798232914066