(Mobile library) The Pursuit of Attention: Power and Ego in Everyday Life
• Charles Derber •
| #462334 in Books | Charles Derber | 2000-06-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 5.30 x.30 x8.00l,.35 | File Name: 0195135490 | 160 pages | The Pursuit of Attention Power and Ego in Everyday Life
||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Half the story|By Benjamin Adams|Part 1 of this book well identifies ordinary everyday "narcissism" in the 21st century as an attention-seeking, ego-stimulating response to fundamental insecurities. It is an excellent example for this seeking to understand attentional perspectives in psychology and the problems of everyday narcissism.
Part 2 however is less success|||"A refreshingly balanced, strongly grounded exploration of the routines Americans exploit in competing for attention...."--American Journal of Sociology (on the previous edition)|||About the Author||Char
"Enough about me," goes the old saying, "what about you? What do you think about me?" Hence the pursuit of attention is alive and well. Even the Oxford English Dictionary reveals a modern coinage to reflect the chase in our technological age: "ego-surfing"--searching the Internet for occurrences of your own name. What is the cause of this obsessive need for others' recognition? This useful and popular volume, now in a second edition that features major new intr...
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