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Self-improvement |
22 Nov 2005 |
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Are we addicted?
What lies behind our never-ending love of makeover programmes and quick fix plans for personal improvement? Is it a quest for perfection that has gone out of control?
Anthony Elliot, Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent believes we are creating a destructive world of reinvention junkies and compulsive consumers.
Jenni discusses the issues with Anthony Elliot and psychotherapist, Corinne Sweet.
The New Individualism: The Emotional Costs of Globalization by Anthony Elliot and Charles Lemert is published by Routledge
BBC Collective - self-improvement
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