Posted on Sunday, June 5, 2016 at
Epistemic status: contains wild speculation
I. Plato said "know thyself" 2500 years ago, so why is everyone still trying to sell me on self-awareness? More specifically, many contemporary self-help books seem to focus on some aspect of self-awareness and offer their own spin on it. Even books from fairly different traditions give me pause with how often I hear echos of the same introspection program. As examples, I’ll walk through books from therapeutic, meditative, and relationship backgrounds.