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The Evolving Self

by M Csikszentmihalyi

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ISBN13: 9780060921927
ISBN10: 0060921927
Condition: Standard
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Publisher Comments:

The author of the bestselling Flow (more than 125,000 copies sold) offers an intelligent, inspiring guide to life in the future.

Review:

"A book of singular importance and timeliness, one with momentous implications for the future." (-- Howard Gardner)

Review:

"The Evolving Self suggests that only a collaborative effort of individuals willing to bring the creative zest of flow to the hard questions of moral choice will ensure a viable and harmonius future." (-- San Francisco Chronicle)

Review:

"The author believes that becoming an active, conscious part of the evolutionary process can give our lives meaning and joy. In fact, the fate of humanity in the next millennium depends on the kind of selves we become today." (-- Library Journal)

Description:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-350) and index.

About the Author


Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is professor and former chairman of the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago.

His previous books include Flow and The Evolving Self. Flow was shown on the 1993 NBC Super Bowl broadcast as the book that inspired Jimmy Johnson, then coach of the Dallas Cowboys. It was also a selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club and the Quality Paperback Book Club.

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Taylor, June 19, 2009 (view all comments by Taylor)
I wish I could say this book really represented an evolution in psychology or how we conceive of the self, but the truth is, it really doesn't. If you read this author's other works, then this work can be thought of as half a step beyond those works. At times the author is judgmental, condescending, and whiny, and he doesn't offer much in the way of a concrete definition of self. The final few chapters predictably focus on flow, but don't provide anything significantly new to the theory that he hasn't offered anywhere else.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780060921927
Author:
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Author:
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly
Author:
Csikszentmihaly
Author:
by Mihaly Csikszent
Location:
New York, NY :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Self
Subject:
Genetic psychology
Subject:
Behavior evolution
Subject:
Social evolution
Subject:
General Psychology & Psychiatry
Copyright:
Edition Number:
1
Edition Description:
1st HarperPerennial ed.
Series Volume:
207
Publication Date:
August 1994
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
384
Dimensions:
8.02x5.33x1.00 in. .68 lbs.

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