Why change is hard : the power of master narratives over self and society / Kate C. McLean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McLean, Kate C., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Change (Psychology).

Personality development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024.

Summary:

The possibilities of personal growth and change are embedded in American cultural values that center individual autonomy and personal responsibility for charting one's life course. These values infuse the scientific study of identity development, where scholarship has contributed to the idea that we are the sole authors of our own stories. However, the data to support such claims are sparse. In 'Why Change is Hard', Kate C. McLean argues that the promise of the possibility for growth and change, and the personal capacity to do so, are represented in problematic master narratives - present in broader society, as well as in the scientific community.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2024.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 5, 2024).

ISBN:

0-19-776467-3

0-19-776465-7

0-19-776466-5

OCLC:

1410463314