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020 a| 9780231172301 (cloth : alk. paper);

020 a| 0231172303 (cloth : alk. paper);

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100 1 a| Schaffner, Anna Katharina,e| author.=| ^A1142835;

245 10 a| Exhaustion :b| a history /c| Anna Katharina Schaffner.;

264 1 a| New York :b| Columbia University Press,c| [2016];

300 a| ix, 291 pages ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-276) and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction -- Humors -- Sin -- Saturn -- Sexuality -- Nerves -- Capitalism -- Rest -- The death drive -- Depression -- Mystery viruses -- Burnout -- Epilogue: the future -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.;

520 0 a| "Today our fatigue feels chronic; our anxieties, amplified. Proliferating technologies command our attention. Many people complain of burnout and economic instability and the thread of ecological catastrophe fill us with dread. We look to the past, imaging life to have once been simpler and slower, but extreme mental and physical stress is not a modern syndrome. Beginning in classical antiquity, this book demonstrates how exhaustion has always been with us and helps us evaluate more critically the narratives we tell ourselves about the phenemenon"--Dustjacket flap.;

650 0 a| Fatigue.=| ^A1948;

650 0 a| Social history.=| ^A762;

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650 27 a| Workload.2| mesh;

650 27 a| Medicine in Literature.2| mesh;

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650 7 a| Erschöpfung.2| gnd;

650 7 a| Depression.2| gnd;

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Exhaustion : a history / Anna Katharina Schaffner.

Author/creator	Schaffner, Anna Katharina author.
Format	Book
Publication	New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
Description	ix, 291 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects	Fatigue. Social history.

Contents	Introduction -- Humors -- Sin -- Saturn -- Sexuality -- Nerves -- Capitalism -- Rest -- The death drive -- Depression -- Mystery viruses -- Burnout -- Epilogue: the future -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Subject	"Today our fatigue feels chronic; our anxieties, amplified. Proliferating technologies command our attention. Many people complain of burnout and economic instability and the thread of ecological catastrophe fill us with dread. We look to the past, imaging life to have once been simpler and slower, but extreme mental and physical stress is not a modern syndrome. Beginning in classical antiquity, this book demonstrates how exhaustion has always been with us and helps us evaluate more critically the narratives we tell ourselves about the phenemenon"--Dustjacket flap.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-276) and index.
LCCN	2015034503
ISBN	9780231172301 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0231172303 (cloth : alk. paper)
Standard identifier#	40026188973

Exhaustion : a history / Anna Katharina Schaffner.

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