What makes a good self-help book?
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What makes a good self-help book?
Our modern age is criticised for self-obsession. It can be hard to make an argument for thinking about the self without getting lost in the quagmire of 21st-century vapidity. But the popularity of psychology books is a celebration of something different: therapists are distilling their practice to make readers better equipped to understand themselv... See more
What makes a good self-help book?
This is about self-help books. The danger is that readers try to apply something that won’t work because of their unique biography and context. And because of the writer's authority, they may think they are the problem. Ironically, when this happens, the intention of the author of the self-help book backfires!
Self-help, or personal growth or Personal transformation are growing sections in book stores and are perhaps an expression of the focus on self and individualism. Becaus it is self-help, you have to help yourself, it is not: Social Help - doing help with others.