{"product_id":"the-entrepreneurial-self-paperback-1","title":"The Entrepreneurial Self - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eUlrich Bröckling\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a book about who we are today, and how we have become who we are. It is about the engineers of the modern soul, the entrepreneurial self. It is essential reading for all those who care about the incessant demands placed on us to become more than we are, to become entrepreneurs of our selves, to maximise and optimise our capacities in ways that align personal identity and political responsibility.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Professor Peter Miller, London School of Economics \u0026amp; Political Science\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ulrich Bröckling claims that the imperative to act like an entrepreneur has turned ubiquitous. In Western society there is a drive to orient your thinking and behaviour on the objective of market success which dictates the private and professional spheres. Life is now ruled by competition for power, money, fitness, and youth. The self is driven to constantly improve, change and adapt to a society only capable of producing winners and losers. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Entrepreneurial Self \u003c\/em\u003eexplores the series of juxtapositions within the self, created by this call for entrepreneurship. Whereas it can expose unknown potential, it also leads to over-challenging. It may strengthen self-confidence but it also exacerbates the feeling of powerlessness. It may set free creativity but it also generates unbounded anger. Competition is driven by the promise that only the capable will reap success, but no amount of effort can remove the risk of failure. The individual has no choice but to balance out the contradiction between the hope of rising and the fear of decline.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ulrich Bröckling is Professor of Cultural Sociology at the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47354589315321,"sku":"9781473902343","price":152.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/UmU1OGZscnd1T1R0NXhqOEE1eWcrZz09_2556d997-16b4-45d9-8cd0-33c28fbe465e.webp?v=1769838506","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-entrepreneurial-self-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}