Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0804795096
ISBN-13
9780804795098
Edition
New
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Imprint
Stanford University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 12th, 2015
Print length
72 Pages
Weight
86 grams
Dimensions
12.90 x 20.30 x 0.50 cms
Product Classification:
Phenomenology & ExistentialismPhenomenology and Existentialism
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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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