Global Burnout

Pascal Chabot is a lecturer of philosophy and communication at the Institute of Advanced Studies of Social Communications (IHECS) in Belgium. He is the author of The Age of Transitions (2015), The Seven Stages of Philosophy (2011), After Progress (2008) and Chabot le Robot (2016).

Burnout, stress, and depression have become worldwide epidemics. Calling burnout ‘civilization’s disease,’ Belgian philosopher Pascal Chabot has given us a fascinating and accessible history and theoretical framework of this modern crisis. He not only shows us how we got here, but also how we can use that knowledge to redefine success and truly thrive.

• IntroductionSomething is happeningPart I: Beyond fatigueFreudenberger and the free clinic?Tired soulsIn a Congolese leper colonyPart II: The burnout?machineAbandoning perfectionThe useful and the subtleRecognition and disregardWomen’s burnoutPart III: Postmodern malaiseTheory of the a mirror disorder?Under the sign of fireThe tightrope-walker’s manifestoPostface to the English editionBurnout and energyThe invisibility of energyThe causes of repressionDialectic of energy and desirePost-burnout transitionBibliographyIndex