Mirror, Mirror : The Uses and Abuses of Self-Love /

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Everyone deplores narcissism, especially in others. The vain are by turns annoying or absurd, offending us whether they are blissfully oblivious or proudly aware of their behavior. But are narcissism and vanity really as bad as they seem? Can we avoid them even if we try? In Mirror, Mirror, Simon Bl...

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Main Author: Blackburn, Simon, 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Self-esteem.
Self-acceptance.
PHILOSOPHY > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > Lifespan Development.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > General.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > General.
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Acceptation de soi.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Everyone deplores narcissism, especially in others. The vain are by turns annoying or absurd, offending us whether they are blissfully oblivious or proudly aware of their behavior. But are narcissism and vanity really as bad as they seem? Can we avoid them even if we try? In Mirror, Mirror, Simon Blackburn, the author of such best-selling philosophy books as Think, Being Good, and Lust, says that narcissism, vanity, pride, and self-esteem are more complex than they first appear and have innumerable good and bad forms. Drawing on philosophy, psychology, literature.
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 pages).
ISBN:9781400849956

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