Man, Interrupted, Philip Zimbardo
Man, Interrupted, Philip Zimbardo
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Man, Interrupted
Why Young Men are Struggling & What We Can Do About It

Author: Philip Zimbardo, Nikita Coulombe

Narrator: David de Vries

Unabridged: 8 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/01/2016


Synopsis

In 2011, Philip Zimbardo gave a TED Talk called "The Demise of Guys," which has been viewed by over 1.8 million people. A TED eBook short followed that chronicled how in record numbers men are flaming out academically and failing socially and sexually with women. This new book is an expansion of that brief polemic based on Zimbardo's observations, research, and the survey that was completed by over 20,000 viewers of the original TED Talk.The premise here is that we are facing a not-so-brave new world; a world in which young men are getting left behind. Philip Zimbardo and Nikita Coulombe say that an addiction to video games and online porn have created a generation of shy, socially awkward, emotionally removed, and risk-adverse young men who are unable (and unwilling) to navigate the complexities and risks inherent to real-life relationships, school, and employment. Taking a critical look at a problem that is tearing at families and societies everywhere, Man, Interrupted suggests that our young men are suffering from a new form of "arousal addiction," and introduce a bold new plan for getting them back on track.The concluding chapters offer a set of solutions that can be affected by different segments of society including schools, parents, and young men themselves.Filled with telling anecdotes, results of fascinating research, perceptive analysis, and concrete suggestions for change, Man, Interrupted is a book for our time. It is a book that informs, challenges, and ultimately inspires.

About Philip Zimbardo

Philip George Zimbardo is a psychologist and a professor emeritus at Stanford University. He became well-known for his 1971 Stanford prison experiment and has since authored various introductory psychology books, textbooks for college students, and other notable works, including The Lucifer Effect, The Time Paradox, and Shyness. He is also the founder and president of the Heroic Imagination Project.

About Nikita Coulombe

Nikita D. Coulombe is a writer and artist who worked with Philip Zimbardo for several years. Together they co-authored the TED eBook Demise of Guys. Passionate about understanding human nature, she co-founded the sex education blog, BetterSexEd.org.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Alexandru on May 03, 2020

Only Zimbardo can write in a way to piss off both feminists and gamers alike, in a world of snowflakes everyone is offended judging from the reviews of the book I read before beginning reading it. It seems that the vast majority of those writing bad reviews never got to the conclusive part, which is......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on May 10, 2015

Man (Dis)connected: How Technology Has Sabotaged What it Means to be Male (2015) by Philip Zimbardo and Nikita D. Coulombe is a clear-eyed appraisal of modern masculinity and how technology is accelerating the decline of men. The book follows four years after a short but provoking TED talk delivered......more

Goodreads review by Ben on August 07, 2024

In Man (Dis) Connected the eminent psychologist Philip Zimbardo trains his clinical eye about what it means to be a man in the early 21st century. Young men can find out about sex through the internet, in ever more explicit ways, they can fight false wars on a computer screen, and see more and more......more

Goodreads review by Joe on February 04, 2017

Had to dismiss this book after I discovered how ridiculous Zimbardo's (or possibly his co-writer's?) views on the role of women are. Spoiler: "if women stopped reading Cosmopolitan and Teen Vogue and started reading Forbes and The Economist instead, women would be earning as much as men, if not more......more

Goodreads review by weronika on September 18, 2023

Sporo ciekawych faktów, mniej ciekawych opinii......more