The Created Self: Reinventing Body, Persona, Spirit

The Created Self takes readers to as-yet-unexplored regions in the modern psyche’s preoccupation with self-invention. In today’s culture the self is considered largely a work in progress, and as we constantly reinvent ourselves, the challenge becomes one of coordinating change with the integrity and unity of the self. Using the insights of William James and evolutionary psychology as a springboard, Robert Weber explores the nature and meaning of our shifting selves. He proposes an ecology o...