{"product_id":"the-art-of-selfimprovement-ten-timeless-truths","title":"The Art of SelfImprovement: Ten Timeless Truths","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Brilliant Distillation Of The Key Ideas Behind Successful SelfImprovement Practices Throughout History, Showing Us How They Remain Relevant TodaySchaffner Finds More In Contemporary SelfImprovement Literature To Admire Than Criticize. . . . [A] Revelatory Book.Kathryn Hughes, Times Literary SupplementselfHelp Today Is A MultiBillionDollar Global Industry, One Often Seen As A ByProduct Of Neoliberalism And Capitalism. Far From Being A Recent Phenomenon, However, The Practice Of SelfImprovement Has A Long And Rich History, Extending All The Way Back To Ancient China. For Millennia, Philosophers, Sages, And Theologians Have Reflected On The Good Life And Devised Strategies On How To Achieve It.Focusing On Ten Core Ideas Of SelfImprovement That Run Through The WorldS Advice Literature, Anna Katharina Schaffner Reveals The Ways They Have Evolved Across Cultures And Historical Eras, And Why They Continue To Resonate With Us Today. Reminding Us That There Is Much To Learn From Looking At TimeHoned Models, Schaffner Also Examines The Ways That SelfImprovement Practices Provide Powerful Barometers Of The Values, Anxieties, And Aspirations That Preoccupy Us At Particular Moments In Time And Expose Basic Assumptions About Our Purpose And Nature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45915341258950,"sku":"DADAX0300247710","price":37.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/91rqrq6KqBL.jpg?v=1780576706","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/the-art-of-selfimprovement-ten-timeless-truths","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}