OverSuccess: Healing The American Obsession With Wealth, Fame, Power, And Perfection
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | Jim Rubens | ISBN: | 9781608320066 |
| Publisher: | Greenleaf Book Group | Publication: | October 1, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Greenleaf Book Group Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jim Rubens |
| ISBN: | 9781608320066 |
| Publisher: | Greenleaf Book Group |
| Publication: | October 1, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Greenleaf Book Group Press |
| Language: | English |
Drawing from emerging science in several fields and insights about our transformed social lives, Rubens explains how genes, commercial culture, and global hyper-competition have locked tens of millions of Americans into an unwinnable success benchmarks race and unleashed an epidemic of status defeat. OverSuccess shows how and why the resulting social and psychological pathologies are different for baby boomers, men, and women.
Offering hope for our future, Rubens outlines 20 ways that individuals, businesses, and voluntary organizations can satisfy the American drive for recognition and personal achievement without the toxic burdens of OverSuccess. These cures range from holding the door for strangers and somatic cell gene therapy, to responsible displays of wealth and building village-scale social and business organizations.
Drawing from emerging science in several fields and insights about our transformed social lives, Rubens explains how genes, commercial culture, and global hyper-competition have locked tens of millions of Americans into an unwinnable success benchmarks race and unleashed an epidemic of status defeat. OverSuccess shows how and why the resulting social and psychological pathologies are different for baby boomers, men, and women.
Offering hope for our future, Rubens outlines 20 ways that individuals, businesses, and voluntary organizations can satisfy the American drive for recognition and personal achievement without the toxic burdens of OverSuccess. These cures range from holding the door for strangers and somatic cell gene therapy, to responsible displays of wealth and building village-scale social and business organizations.
