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SELFLESS: Why “You” Are a Social Creation

The Next Big Idea

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The Importance of Being a White Boy

Ruth Ben-Ghiat: I grew up as a white boy going to an all-boy school. She says she went through kind of a hippie phase, you might say. "When I presented myself differently, those assumptions completely changed and involuntarily my behavior changed" Her book focuses on the idea that communities define you; they can change how you think about yourself.

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