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Beschreibung
In Why We Worry, Roland Paulsen paints a broad picture of the cultural variations and historical evolution of anxiety. Through this lens, he invites readers to explore the paradox of how material wealth has enriched our lives in every aspect except one: our mental well-being.
In Why We Worry, Roland Paulsen paints a broad picture of the cultural variations and historical evolution of anxiety. Through this lens, he invites readers to explore the paradox of how material wealth has enriched our lives in every aspect except one: our mental well-being.
Über den Autor

Roland Paulsen is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Lund University. His research focuses on medical sociology, cultural studies, and the sociology of work. The meaning of work, and also the meaninglessness of work, are the subjects of two of his books: Empty Labor: Idleness and Workplace Resistance (2014) and Return to Meaning: A Social Science with Something to Say (with Mats Alvesson and Yiannis Gabriel, 2017).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. A Window onto Our Thoughts

PART 1. WORRY IN OUR TIME

2. How We Feel

3. The Nature of Worry

4. In Thought's Clutches

PART 2. TRICKLES OF HISTORY

5. Time Horizons

6. Disenchantments

7. An Appendage of the Machine

8. The World as Risk

9. The Self as Risk

10. Self-Suspicions

PART 3. ACTION IN OUR TIME

11. Quieting Worry

12. Living with Worry

13. Beyond Treatment

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Importe, Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781032847771
ISBN-10: 1032847778
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Paulsen, Roland
Hersteller: Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstr. 24, D-80331 München, gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com
Maße: 234 x 156 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Roland Paulsen
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.10.2024
Gewicht: 0,395 kg
Artikel-ID: 129390644

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