Exhaustion : a history / Anna Katharina Schaffner.
Exhaustion : a history / Anna Katharina Schaffner.
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Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
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G 2016/1668
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Language
English
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Physical content
291 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- Humors -- Sin -- Saturn -- Sexuality -- Nerves -- Capitalism -- Rest -- The death drive -- Depression -- Mystery viruses -- Burnout -- Epilogue: the future -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2016]
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Summary
Today our fatigue feels chronic; our anxieties, amplified. Proliferating technologies command our attention. Many people complain of burnout, and economic instability and the threat of ecological catastrophe fill us with dread. We look to the past, imagining life to have once been simpler and slower, but extreme mental and physical stress is not a...
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Exhaustion : a history / Anna Katharina Schaffner.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2016.
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G 2016/1668
Record Identifier
74VKVP0MVdVA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVP0MVdVA
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ISBN
9780231172301 (hardback)
DDC
152.1886
MMS ID
991023996118202626
