The author of Generation Me explores the spread of narcissism in
today's culture and its catastrophic effects at every level of
society.
Narcissism--an inflated view of the self--is everywhere.
Public figures say it's what makes them stray from their wives.
Teenagers and young adults hone it on social media, and celebrity
newsmakers have elevated it to an art form. And it's what's making
people depressed, lonely, and buried under piles of debt.
Dr. Jean Twenge joins forces with W. Keith Campbell, PhD, a nationally
recognized expert on narcissism, to explore this new plague in The
Narcissism Epidemic. Even the world economy has been damaged by risky,
unrealistic overconfidence. Drawing on their own extensive research as
well as decades of other experts' studies, Twenge and Campbell show us
how to identify narcissism, minimize the forces that sustain and
transmit it, and treat it or manage it where we find it.
Filled with arresting, alarming, and even amusing stories of vanity gone
off the tracks, The Narcissism Epidemic is at once a riveting window
into the consequences of narcissism, a prescription to combat the
widespread problems it causes, and a probing analysis of the culture at
large.