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The burnout society / Byung-Chul Han ; translated by Erik Butler.

Han, Byung-Chul (author.). Butler, Erik, 1971- (translator.).

Summary:

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. -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780804795098
ISBN: 0804795096
Physical Description: 60 pages ; 21 cm
Publisher: Stanford, California : Stanford Briefs, an imprint of Stanford University Press, [2015]
Copyright: ©2015

Content descriptions

General Note:	Translation of: Müdigkeitsgesellschaft.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-60).
Formatted Contents Note:	Neuronal power -- Beyond disciplinary society -- Profound boredom -- Vita activa -- The pedagogy of seeing -- The Bartleby case -- The society of tiredness -- Burnout society.