Burnout, fatigue, exhaus͡͡͡͡tion an interdisciplinary perspective on a modern affliction / Sighard Neckel, Anna Katharina Schaffner, Greta Wagner, editors.
| Other author | Neckel, Sighard, 1956- |
| Other author | Schaffner, Anna Katharina. |
| Other author | Wagner, Greta. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017] |
| Description | ix, 316 pages ; 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Part I. Cultural-historical perspectives -- Pre-modern exhaustion: on melancholia and acedia -- Neurasthenia and managerial disease in Germany and America: transnational ties and national characteristics in the field of exhaustion 1880-1960 -- Part II. Exhaustion syndromes -- Exhaustion syndromes: concepts and definitions -- Burnout: a short socio-cultural history -- Burnout: from work-related stress to a cover-up diagnosis -- Part III. Exhaustion and self-realisation -- What we talk about when we talk about mental health: towards an anthropology of adversity in individualistic society -- Self-realisation through work and its failure -- Exhaustion and euphoria: self-medication with amphetamines -- Part IV. Exhaustion discourses -- Rechargeable man in a hamster wheel world: contours of a trendsetting illness -- Literary exhaustion -- Part V. Exhaustion and the social -- Social agony and agonising social constructions -- Exhaustion as a sign of the present -- Conclusion. |
| Abstract | "This interdisciplinary book explores both the connections and the tensions between sociological, psychological, and biological theories of exhaustion. It examines how the prevalence of exhaustion - both as an individual experience and as a broader socio-cultural phenomenon - is manifest in the epidemic rise of burnout, depression, and chronic fatigue. It provides innovative analyses of the complex interplay between the processes involved in the production of mental health diagnoses, socio-cultural transformations, and subjective illness experiences. Using many of the existing ideologically charged exhaustion theories as case studies, the authors investigate how individual discomfort and wider social dynamics are interrelated. Covering a broad range of topics, this book will appeal to those working in the fields of psychology, sociology, medicine, psychiatry, literature, and history"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017937049 |
| ISBN | 9783319528861 |
| ISBN | 3319528866 |
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