Self-Help in the Digital Age TED Talks, Speculative Fiction, and the Role of Reading
This book unites literature and science, exploring how American self-help culture influences science communication and shapes expectations of success and happiness, particularly through TED talks. It highlights literature's role in challenging these narratives and presenting alternative worldvi...
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De Gruyter
2024
Walter de Gruyter GmbH |
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| Abstract | This book unites literature and science, exploring how American self-help culture influences science communication and shapes expectations of success and happiness, particularly through TED talks. It highlights literature's role in challenging these narratives and presenting alternative worldviews. Through the lens of literary synesthesia, the book emphasizes sensory experiences and human-nonhuman interactions in its close readings. |
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| TableOfContents | Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction: What Do We Expect? -- I Happy Confessions: Context, Theory, Approach -- Introduction -- 2 Confessional Culture and American Self-Help -- 3 Confessions and Science Communication -- 4 Confessions and Reading: From Self-Writing to Life Writing -- II Self-Improvement: Finding Success in a Digital Age -- Introduction -- 5 TED Talks on "How to Be a Better You" and Social Media Influencers -- 6 Gary Shteyngart's Super Sad True Love Story and the Privilege of "Merely Existing" -- 7 Literature and Scanning: "A Burble of Warm White Spray" -- III Mindfulness and Self-Vigilance in the Anthropocene -- Introduction -- 8 TED Talks on Mindfulness and the "Second Sight" -- 9 Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam Trilogy and the "Insight of Interbeing" -- 10 Literature and Storytelling: "These Stories Are Real as Kitchens" -- IV Self-Transcendence in the Age of Empathy -- Introduction -- 11 TED Talks on "What Makes You Happy?" and the Science of Happiness -- 12 Richard Powers' Generosity: An Enhancement and the "Small Shared Joy" of Reading -- 13 Literature and Compositing: "The Secret Quickening in the Hands" -- 14 Conclusion: A Kinship of Posthumanity -- Bibliography -- List of Figures -- Index |
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