The Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han [Paperback]

Description: 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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EAN: 9780804795098

UPC: 9780804795098

ISBN: 9780804795098

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Number of Pages: 72 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Burnout Society

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Item Height: 0.2 in

Subject: Psychopathology / Depression, Movements / Phenomenology, General, Physiology

Publication Year: 2015

Item Weight: 2.9 Oz

Type: Textbook

Subject Area: Philosophy, Psychology, Medical

Author: Byung-Chul Han

Item Length: 8 in

Item Width: 5 in

Format: Trade Paperback