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Product Identifiers

PublisherStanford University Press

ISBN-100804795096

ISBN-139780804795098

eBay Product ID (ePID)211796386

Product Key Features

Number of Pages277 Pages

Publication NameBurnout Society

LanguageEnglish

SubjectPsychopathology / Depression, General, Movements / Phenomenology, Physiology

Publication Year2015

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPhilosophy, Psychology, Medical

AuthorByung-Chul Han

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.2 in

Item Weight2.9 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2015-020750

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal302/.1

SynopsisEvery 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., 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, ......, 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.

LC Classification NumberBF482