The Art of Self-Improvement

Auteur

Anna Katharina Schaffner is professor of cultural history at the University of Kent. She is the author of Exhaustion: A History and the novel The Truth about Julia.

Texte du rabat

Exploring ten core ideas of self-improvement that run through the world's self-help and ancient advice literature, Anna Katharina Schaffner reveals how they evolved across cultures and historical eras, and why they continue to resonate with us today. At the same time, she shows how self-improvement practices expose basic assumptions about human nature.

Résumé
A brilliant distillation of the key ideas behind successful self-improvement practices throughout history, showing us how they remain relevant today