| Global Burnout Contributor(s): Chabot, Pascal (Author), Herzogenrath, Bernd (Editor), Pisters, Patricia (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1501334476 ISBN-13: 9781501334474 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $37.57 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy - Psychology - Art | Mixed Media |
| Series: Thinking Media |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.60 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Herzogenrath, Bernd: - Bernd Herzogenrath is Professor of American Studies at the University of Frankfurt, Germany. Pisters, Patricia: - Patricia Pisters is Professor of Film Studies at the Department of Media Studies of the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and director of the Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis (ASCA). She is one of the founding editors of Necsus: European Journal of Media Studies, program director of the research group Neuroaesthetics and Neurocultures, and co-director of the research group Film and Philosophy. Publications include The Matrix of Visual Culture (2003); Revisiting Normativity with Deleuze (with Rosi Braidotti; 2012) and The Neuro-Image (2012). See for articles, her blog, and other information at www.patriciapisters.com. |