The Global Rise of Self-Help

Part One: An Introduction

Today's post is a short introduction to a series of posts I will dub 'The Global Rise of Self-Help'.

If you look at the best selling book charts today the top slots are all occupied by books classified as ‘Self-Help’. They can be sober and serious like Beyond Order by Jordan B Peterson, they can be sweary like The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark …