Selfie: How the West Became Self-Obsessed

Will Storr

Selfie: How the West Became Self-Obsessed
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Country
United Kingdom
Published
22 March 2018
Pages
368
ISBN
9781447283669

Selfie: How the West Became Self-Obsessed

Will Storr

‘Fascinating’ Guardian ‘Brilliant’ Evening Standard ‘Electrifying’ Financial Times ‘So interesting I literally couldn’t put it down’ Sunday Times

We are living in an age of heightened individualism. Success is a personal responsibility. Our culture tells us that to succeed is to be slim, rich, happy, extroverted, popular - flawless.

The pressure to conform to this ideal has changed who we are. We have become self-obsessed. And our expectation of perfection comes at a cost. Millions are suffering under the torture of this impossible fantasy.

It was not always like this. To explain how we got here, Will Storr takes us on a journey across continents and centuries. Full of thrilling and unexpected connections between history, psychology, economics, neuroscience and more, Selfie is an unforgettable book that makes sense of who we have become.

As featured on Russell Brand’s Under The Skin podcast.

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