The Creative Self: Beyond Individualism

by Mari Ruti and Gail M. Newman

"Be the best you can be " Practically from the moment we are born, we are taught to optimize our lives--to devote ourselves to increasing our productivity and efficiency, which, we are told, will make us happier and more successful. The imperative of constant self-improvement, however, drains us dry even as it promises to build us up.

The Creative Self delves into the hegemony of neoliberal self-optimization and turns to psychoanalysis...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231218931
• ISBN13: 9780231218931
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 312 Pages