The Performance of Self

Ruchir Saurabh

• 04 september 2025
• 9798232150730

Samenvatting:

Why read this book?

Because you have felt it: the weariness of curating your digital life, the pressure to appear engaged and successful at work, the silent demand to "perform vulnerability" in relationships. Because you know that being human has come to feel like acting and you are searching for another way.

Who is this book for?

• Professionals drained by corporate scripts and endless visibility.
• Creators and digital natives navigating the pressures of online audiences.
• Thinkers, readers, and seekers questioning what it means to live authentically.
• Anyone who suspects that life itself has turned into theatre and wants to reclaim a private self.
• Readers of cultural psychology, modern philosophy, or self-reflection who crave a voice that bridges analysis with lived experience.
• Those who long for a practical yet poetic guide to navigating burnout, identity, and meaning in a hyper-visible world.

At once, a cultural critique and personal reflection, a lyrical inquiry and practical wisdom, The Performance of Self speaks directly to the contradictions of our age. It illuminates why authenticity has become both a promise and a prison, and offers readers the courage to step into a different kind of freedom. With rich metaphors, evocative language, and grounded insights, this book becomes both mirror and map helping readers recognize the roles they play, while guiding them toward the spaces where life can be lived more privately, quietly, and meaningfully.

Provocative. Urgent. Unforgettable.

This book asks the most important question of our time:

How do we remain human when life itself has become a stage?