The Realizations of the Self

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Altobrando, Andrea (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Niikawa, Takuya (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Stone, Richard (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Self.; Identity (Psychology).; Ethnology.; Philosophy of Man.; Self and Identity.; Social Anthropology.

Recent discussions of self-realization have devolved into unscientific theories of self-help. However, this vague and often misused concept is connected to many important individual and social problems. As long as its meaning remains unclear, it can be abused for social, political, and commercial ma...