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Enlightened self-interest : individualism, community, and the common good / Thomas J Bussen with Henry Biggs and Timothy Bono.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bussen, Thomas J., author.
- Biggs, Henry, author.
- Bono, Tim, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Self-interest.
- Conduct of life.
- Common good.
- Individualism--United States.
- Individualism.
- United States--Civilization--1970-.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 234 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2024]
- Contents:
- A Cultural Toolbox : Social Conformity in a Culture of Individualism
- Lonely and Unequal : The Lose-Lose Consequences of Unrestrained Vertical Individualism
- Rigging, R-Evolution, and Redemption : From Rationalizing to Rectifying Extreme Inequality
- Status through Conformity : How to Fit In by Standing Out
- Materialism : Why Less Is More
- From Status-Seeking to Experience-Seeking : Spending Like a Horizontal Individualist
- From Hedonism to Collectivism : Spending Like a Horizontal Collectivist
- Power Plays and Pays : When Power Is Corrupting
- From Predatory to Prestigious : When Power Is Purifying
- Social Comparison, Superiority Complex, and Schadenfreude : When My Reputation Comes at Your Expense
- Comparison, Inclusion, and Mudita : When Admiring Another Improves the Self
- Altruistic to All : Tapping into the Horizontal Collectivist Global Identity
- Loving Billions to Love Oneself : Generating Inner Self-Esteem from Without
- Enlightened Self-Interest in Theory and Practice : Ubuntu and Ambition as Pathways
- Minting the Future : Jump-Starting Your Own Transition.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-226) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Bussen, Thomas J. Enlightened self-interest
- ISBN:
- 9781647123918 (electronic bk.)
- 1647123917 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40032292903
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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