Global Burnout

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

Available for the first time in English and freshly adapted as the acclaimed documentary Burning Out, Pascal Chabot's polemic treatise - Global Burnout - takes the phenomenon we call burnout as not just an individual problem that affects a few exhausted people, but rather 'a disease of civilization', connected to concepts of progress, technology, and desire, which are the hallmarks of this era of experimentation.First analysing the archaeology of the concept, Chabot distinguishes three main types of burnout: the first, specific to professions who help others, appears to be the exhaustion of their humanism; the second, a trouble of adaptation and perfectionism; and the third, which is a consequence of the struggle for recognition. The philosophical implications of each of these three states is identified, allowing Chabot to buck the trend towards a negative, nearly fatalistic outlook, something not surprising considering the intrinsic gravity of the subject matter. An excellent story teller as well as an adequate elaborater of complex theories, Chabot's Global Burnout presents an introduction to the topic and therapy for the modern reader.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-02-08
Mått:140 x 216 x undefined mm
Vikt:318 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Thinking Media
Antal sidor:144
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781501334382

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Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Psykologi inom Psykologi och pedagogik
Övrig bildkonst inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

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).

Recensioner i media

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.

Innehållsförteckning

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