The burnout society
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Every epoch has its emblematic illnesses, this book argues, and our society is undergoing a silent paradigm shift that has led to the pathological exhaustion commonly referred to as "burnout."
Our competitive, service-oriented societies are taking a toll on the late-modern individual. Rather than improving life, multitasking, "user-friendly" technology, and the culture of convenience are producing disorders that range from depression to attention deficit disorder to borderline personality disorder. Byung-Chul Han interprets the spreading malaise as an inability to manage negative experiences in an age characterized by excessive positivity and the universal availability of people and goods. Stress and exhaustion are not just personal experiences, but social and historical phenomena as well. Denouncing a world in which every against-the-grain response can lead to further disempowerment, he draws on literature, philosophy, and the social and natural sciences to explore the stakes of sacrificing intermittent intellectual reflection for constant neural connection.
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 12 augustus 2015
Aantal pagina's: 68
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Byung-Chul Han
Tweede Auteur: Han Byung-Chul
Hoofduitgeverij: Stanford University Press
Eerste Vertaler: Erik Butler
Originele titel: Müdigkeitsgesellschaft
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 127 mm
Product hoogte: 5 mm
Product lengte: 203 mm
Studieboek: Ja
Verpakking breedte: 99 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 11 mm
Verpakking lengte: 105 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 95 g
EAN: 9780804795098