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Social & cultural history, Popular culture, History of ideas, Media studies
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Sceptre
- Paperback May 14, 2024 | 9781529364736 | RRP $24.99 Pre-Order
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Sceptre
- Paperback May 14, 2024 | 9781529364736 | RRP $24.99 Pre-Order
- Trade Paperback Jun 27, 2023 | 9781529364705 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Oct 25, 2023 | 9781529364699 | RRP $55.00 Buy Now
- e-Book Jun 29, 2023 | 9781529364712 | RRP $16.99 Buy Now
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Imprint
Sceptre
- Paperback May 14, 2024 | 9781529364736 | RRP $24.99 Pre-Order
- Trade Paperback Jun 27, 2023 | 9781529364705 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Oct 25, 2023 | 9781529364699 | RRP $55.00 Buy Now
- e-Book Jun 29, 2023 | 9781529364712 | RRP $16.99 Buy Now
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Imprint
Sceptre
- Paperback May 14, 2024 | 9781529364736 | RRP $24.99 Pre-Order
- Trade Paperback Jun 27, 2023 | 9781529364705 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Oct 25, 2023 | 9781529364699 | RRP $55.00 Buy Now
- e-Book Jun 29, 2023 | 9781529364712 | RRP $16.99 Buy Now
An exceptional history of ideas and a contemporary critique on the story of self-making: from the Renaissance to the present day
'We're all now self-makers, whether we like it or not - and this witty, sceptical book is the thought-provoking story of how we got here'
GUARDIAN
'A fast-moving train of a book'
NEW YORK TIMES
'Gripping'
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
'Funny, startling . . . a must read'
PETER POMERANTSEV, author of This Is Not Propaganda
'Revelatory'
FRANCIS FUKUYAMA, author of The Origins of Political Order
As the forces of social media and capitalism collide, cultivating our 'personal brands' has become the norm. But this phenomenon is not new: Instagram culture is part of a story that goes back centuries.
From the Renaissance genius to the Regency dandy, Hollywood's Golden Age to today's Silicon Valley and reality TV stars, Self-Made takes us on a dazzling tour of modern history's most prominent self-makers, uncovering both self-making's liberatory power, and the dangers this idea can unleash.
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Ranging from Aristotle to OnlyFans by way of the Marquis de Sade and Frederick Douglass, Tara Isabella Burton delights, infuriates and instructs while offering some of the sharpest and most insightful social commentary being written today
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Thoughtful, beautifully written . . . Philosophical, ethical and pragmatic by turns, Burton urgently interrogates the culturally dominant myths of individualism and self-realisation
Tara Isabella Burton
Tara Isabella Burton is a contributing editor at the American Interest, a columnist at Religion News Service, and the former staff religion reporter at Vox.com. She has written on religion and secularism for National Geographic, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and more, and holds a doctorate in theology from Oxford. She is also the author of the novel Social Creature (Doubleday, 2018).
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