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Beth Blum on Self-Help, Dale Carnegie to Today (JP)
Manage episode 445554029 series 2421448
Beth Blum, Assistant Professor of English at Harvard, is the author of The Self-Help Compulsion (Columbia University Press 2019). In 2020, she spoke with John about how self-help went from its Victorian roots (worship greatness!) to the ingratiating unctuous style prescribed by the other-directed Dale Carnegie (everyone loves the sound of their own name) before arriving at the “neo-stoical” self-help gurus of today, who preach male and female versions of “stop apologizing!” You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll either help yourself or learn how to stop caring.
Mentioned
- Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936)
- Rachel Hollis, Girl, Stop Apologizing (2019)
- Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k (2016)
- Richard Carlson, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…. (1997)
- Alain de Botton, How Proust Can Change Your Life (2012)
- New Thought (philosophy? religious movement?)
- Samuel Smiles, Self-Help; with Illustrations of Character and Conduct (1859)
- Orison Swett Marden, How to Succeed (1896)
- David Riesman et al. The Lonely Crowd (1950)
- Dale Carnegie, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1945)
- Helen Gurley Brown, Having It All (1982)
- Micki McGee, Self-Help Inc. (2007; concept of”self-belabourment”)
- Tiffany Dufu, Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less
- Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing (2019)
- Sarah Knight, The Life-Changing Magic Art of Not Giving a Fuck (2015)
Recallable books
- Epictetus, Handbook (125 C.E.)
- Sheil Heti, How Should a Person Be (2012)
- Adam Smith, Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759)
- Joseph Conrad Nostromo (1904)
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38 Beth Blum on Self-Help from Carnegie to Today
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Manage episode 445554029 series 2421448
Beth Blum, Assistant Professor of English at Harvard, is the author of The Self-Help Compulsion (Columbia University Press 2019). In 2020, she spoke with John about how self-help went from its Victorian roots (worship greatness!) to the ingratiating unctuous style prescribed by the other-directed Dale Carnegie (everyone loves the sound of their own name) before arriving at the “neo-stoical” self-help gurus of today, who preach male and female versions of “stop apologizing!” You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll either help yourself or learn how to stop caring.
Mentioned
- Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936)
- Rachel Hollis, Girl, Stop Apologizing (2019)
- Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k (2016)
- Richard Carlson, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…. (1997)
- Alain de Botton, How Proust Can Change Your Life (2012)
- New Thought (philosophy? religious movement?)
- Samuel Smiles, Self-Help; with Illustrations of Character and Conduct (1859)
- Orison Swett Marden, How to Succeed (1896)
- David Riesman et al. The Lonely Crowd (1950)
- Dale Carnegie, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1945)
- Helen Gurley Brown, Having It All (1982)
- Micki McGee, Self-Help Inc. (2007; concept of”self-belabourment”)
- Tiffany Dufu, Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less
- Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing (2019)
- Sarah Knight, The Life-Changing Magic Art of Not Giving a Fuck (2015)
Recallable books
- Epictetus, Handbook (125 C.E.)
- Sheil Heti, How Should a Person Be (2012)
- Adam Smith, Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759)
- Joseph Conrad Nostromo (1904)
Read Here:
38 Beth Blum on Self-Help from Carnegie to Today
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/popular-culture
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