The Evolving Self (repost)
The Evolving Self By Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Publisher: Harper Perennial 1994 | 384 Pages | ISBN: 0060921927 , 0060166770 | PDF | 2 MB
Publisher: Harper Perennial 1994 | 384 Pages | ISBN: 0060921927 , 0060166770 | PDF | 2 MB
In this wise, humane inquiry, Csikszentmihalyi ( Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience ) argues that genetically programmed behaviors that once helped humans adapt and multiply now threaten our survival. These traits include obsessions with food and sex, addiction to pleasure, excessive rationality and a tendency to focus on the negative. A University of Chicago psychology professor, the author also believes we must free our minds of cultural illusions such as ethnocentric superiority or identification with one's possessions. He urges readers to find ways to reduce the oppression, exploitation and inequality that are woven into the fabric of society.