{"product_id":"resilient-identities-isbn-9780813391182","title":"Resilient Identities","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eOnce considered the province of “New Age” groups, the self-esteem movement has been catapulted into the American mainstream, with a California task force and other groups now claiming that raising self-esteem is the panacea for social ills from alcoholism to poor grades and poverty.In this wide-ranging and strikingly original book, William Swann not only dissects the mistaken assumptions that underlie current self-esteem programs, but also incisively analyzes the nature of self-worth and the “self-traps” that make achieving and sustaining a sense of self-esteem so difficult.Drawing on more than a decade of research, much of it his own, Swann reveals the surprising regularity with which people suffering from low self-esteem gravitate to relationships in which they are denigrated or abused. Swann shows how such people are caught in a crossfire of conflicting desires for praise and for confirmation of their negative self-views. He persuasively argues that our feelings of self-worth can only be understood as part of a larger, intricate dynamic involving society as well as the self.Not a self-help book, Resilient Identities offers a fascinating, controversial exploration of how self-esteem conflicts develop and are played out in all of our relationships. And it discusses what we can do to encourage and sustain feelings of self-worth in our society.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44893343842533,"sku":"NP9780813391182","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/resilient-identities-isbn-9780813391182","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}